Ted's Hiking World Donner Summit Lakes Loop
Tahoe National Forest

June 26, 2025

Thanks, guys.  The Sierra Club group found an easier route, but we had the greater adventure.

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Donner Lake

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Wearing only sandals, she is lucky to have avoided a calamity

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'Penstemon Row' on the PCT

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A family threesome is getting started

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Where we're headed

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Two hikers atop Donner Peak

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This one usually is dried up

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Azalea Lake is behind that cliff

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Castle Peak to the north

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Acarosporaceae Fungi

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Azalea Lake

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Note the red tongue on the fearsome garter snake  ⇔

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Declining to climb the log

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Log jam at Azalea

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The White Fir's roots are hanging out for everyone to see

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Wrong trail *
Right trail

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All of the swimmers are wearing all of their clothes.  Go figure

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Five doggies

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According to the guy in the turquoise shirt, this group is "half Sierra Club, half drinking buddies"

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Flora Lake and Castle Peak

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Tent Caterpillar Moth

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We discovered the sword here two years ago *
Waxy Checkerbloom

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The Purdy's Penstemon always merit a double exposure

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Lake Angela is too full today to navigate its shoreline

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Finding a way

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This bushwhack caused three 'injuries' and some anxious moments

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The escape route

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'Rottweiler Pond'

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The Sierra Club group avoided our manzanita-infested detour

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Is that another snake in the distance?

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Sulfur Buckwheat and Moutain Pride *

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Survivors of the Ted-scramble

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Nice hair

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Penstemon and Meadow Sweet

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The final challenge is rather rough

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