First and Second Lake via Big Pine Lakes Trail

Trail in Inyo National Forest · Eastern Sierra Nevada, Mono and Inyo Counties, California

8.0 mi · 2,063 ft gain · 3h 41m · Out & back.

High Sierra hike to vibrant turquoise alpine lakes beneath the jagged spires of Temple Crag.

Trailhead: 37.1282, -118.4277.

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