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This lake sits at 10,400 ft. about 1/4 mile below the trail. It is well worth a visit!
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Portal Lake can be gorgeous in the summer.
Blue Canyon Pass is the dip on the left. From there, make a high traverse toward Finger Peak and Finger Col on the right side. After reaching the basin below Finger Peak, the route becomes much easier.
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Lee Watts
May 10, 2017 near Big Pine, CA
“This lake sits at 10,400 ft. about 1/4 mile below the trail. It is well worth a visit!”  

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This lake sits at 10,400 ft. about 1/4 mile below the trail. It is well worth a visit!
Blue Canyon Pass is the dip on the left. From there, make a high traverse toward Finger Peak and Finger Col on the right side. After reaching the basin below Finger Peak, the route becomes much easier.
These are the lakes northwest of Peak 11493. You can make a fairly steep descent among the talus to the smaller lake in the foreground from the trail.
Cathedral Lake and Finger Col glimmer in the evening light.
This view looks over the upper Blue Canyon Basin from near Blue Canyon Pass.
Chapel Lake is gorgeous with Finger Col and Finger Peak just over the ridge.
A picture does not do justice to this narrow shelf running parallel to, and 500 ft. above, Goddard Creek. Two little waterfalls are barely visible. Flowers, green grass, little streams...I loved it.
Portal Lake can be gorgeous in the summer.
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