Round Lake (foreground) and Big Bear Lake

Stunning view.

Breathtaking capture!

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Gorgeous view and blue !

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Nicely framed lakes! It does look rather dry even though this seems to be rather high up.

Yes--altho in part it's the rocky soil!

Thanks, everyone!

Forest fire smoke in the distance? And, it looks like we were within a couple of miles of each other at some point in July.

Yeah, it's smoke. It was really bad just south of us, around the Sierra Buttes--we'd gotten out of it a bit here, presumably due to wind shifts. We took a number of day trips out to the Sierra Buttes area last summer, mostly doing chunks of the PCT, but we've been out there a number of times and have done some of the other trails over the years. Where were you?

I was thinking we were closer mainly because of the needs over the summer to travel around forest fires. Turns out I was wrong re distance -- I was quite a bit north, on CA-299.

Ah. We're a few miles due north of the Sierra Buttes here, between CA 49 and CA 70. The area is accessed by the Gold Lake road (Co. Rd. 24), which runs pretty much north south, along the flank of the forested ridge beyond Big Bear Lake in the pic. If you haven't been that way it's definitely worth it. It's a paved road with a centerline--not one of David's or my dirt roads! ;)

I've no problem with dirt, it's just when the track disappears or there's foot high boulders, that I get queasy....

A beautiful view well captured.

Thanks!

Gorgeous landscape and I like how the view makes it visible how high those lakes are