slgwv's photos with the keyword: 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 here and there across the lake, heading into the drainage at the left. The standing dead trees were probably drowned by high water levels in the last few years. The prominent peak on the right is actually a double peak, the nearer, unnamed peak having an elevation of 10,824 ft/3299 m and the farther peak, which is mostly hidden, being Highland Peak (10,935 ft/3333 m). The prominent conical peak off to the left is Silver Peak (10,772 ft/3283 m). The lake elevation is just under 9000 ft/2743 m. This view is looking north; the insert (upper left) shows a northeasterly view from off the PCT to the right. There are also some other views of the lake in the adjacent photos.

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. Taken from the PCT looking northwesterly; the distant skylined mountains are in the Carson Range south of Lake Tahoe. The standing dead trees on the left were probably drowned by high water levels in the last few years. The lake elevation is just under 9000 ft/2743 m. There are also some other views of the lake in the adjacent photos.

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.

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 crossing the slope immediately across the lake. A patch of snow below and to the left of the small skylined conical peak is now gone, here at the end of September (outline). The snow patch was there at the beginning of August (insert at top left). We came in to Noble Lake from the north in early August, and then for this trip came in from the south, over a saddle that's just off the pic to the right. Elevation of the lake is just under 9000 ft/2743 m. There are some other views of the lake in the adjacent photos.