An early-in-the-day deer sighting.

Our first morning was a foggy one down low.

The fog was just beginning to lift when we hit the high meadow along Stoney Creek, just south of Stonewall Pass.

There’s that California sunshine on the last hundred feet or so up to Stonewall Pass.

Breaking fog among the peaks of the Red Trinities and White Trinities, north of Stonewall Pass.

The wildflowers were out.

Great views of the craggy peaks above Siligo Meadows. When we hit Siligo Meadows we began to run into some more groups. There were probably 5-10 groups camped in the meadows, an unusual sight in the typically quiet Trinity Alps.

Deer Lake, below Deer Creek Pass. Our original plan was to camp at this lake, but we spotted a good collection of tents in both of the most obvious camping areas. After a quick discussion, we opted to continue to Summit Lake, hoping it was a bit quieter.

The view east across Deer Lake. The snowfield on the east side of the pass to Summit Lake had not yet melted, it’s visible at the right, so we had to kick-step across it.

First views of Summit Lake.

Summit Lake had a few other groups as well, but we found a reasonable campsite a couple hundred feet north of the Lake.

As the sun was setting, I scrambled up the small ridge south of the lake, and was treated to fantastic views in all directions.

Looking back down at Summit Lake.

Siligo Peak silhouette.