Noble Lake

A pretty glacial lake on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) about 6 miles (10 km) south of the Ebbetts Pass trailhead, where California SR 4 crosses the Sierra Nevada. The PCT can be seen on the flank of the slope ahead and to the right. Note that a patch of snow below and to the left of the small skylined conical peak is still present, here at the beginning of August (outline). This patch was gone when we came into the lake from the south in late September (see enclosing photo). We came in to Noble Lake from the north for this trip. Elevation of the lake is just under 9000 ft/2743 m. There are some other views of the lake in the adjacent photos.