Ted's Hiking World Round Top Lake
Mokelumne Wilderness

July 10, 2025

Thanks, guys, for a great day.  Some of my photos aren't so great, because I was having trouble focusing due to allergies.

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Getting started

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Round Top and The Sisters

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Mule's Ears *
Broadleaf Lupine

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Mountain Indian Paintbrush *
Mountain Monardella -aka- Pennyroyal

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Slendertube Skyrocket

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Elephants Back, 9585'

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Now there are five *
Now there are fourteen

Into Ted's Garden #1:

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Mountain Bluebells *
Giant Red Indian Paintbrush

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Crimson Columbine *
Arrowleaf Ragwort

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Arroyo Willow

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Water Parsley *
Western Blue Flag Iris

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Paintbrush garden

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Winnemucca Lake

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A waterfall on the south shore

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Blue Flax *
Red Mountain Heather

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Caples Creek starts right here

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Corn Lily *
The garden gauntlet

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Manyflower Stickseed *
Sierra Penstemon

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Starting up toward Round Top Lake

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The task ahead

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Water hazard

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Nobody on the summit at this time

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Spreading Phlox *
Prickly Phlox

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Tansyleaf Tansyaster *
Cutleaf Daisy

This is where I left my sunglasses on the ground.

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After an unproductive search, Mary and I rejoin the group

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Another tricky outlet crossing

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Round Top Lake and The Sisters

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The lake lies at 9364'.  Round top is 10381'.

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There are my glasses, right where I didn't leave them!

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Winnemucca Lake, 8995'

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Still no hikers atop the mountain

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Behind Red Lake Peak (10068') are Freel Peak (10886') and Jobs Sister (10663')

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Bog Laurel is a close relative of heather *
Ladybug

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Elephant Heads are special

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The White Mountain Heather are even more special

John Muir's favorite flower is one of my favorites as well.

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Group shot #1 at Ted's Garden #2

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Group shot #2

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We won't make it up Elephants Back today

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Marsh Marigold *
Brewer's Lupine

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Back at Garden Gauntlet

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Group shot #3 at Winnemucca Lake

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Red Elderberry *
Slender Cinquefoil

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Caples Lake in the distance

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Crossing the Great Basin Divide.  Huh?

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Frog Lake is a world apart from the others

These waters flow into the Carson River and eventually out to Lahontan Reservoir near Fallon, Nevada.  The other lakes drain into the American River.

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A Pacific Crest Trail through-hiker on a solo trek from Mexico to Canada


§: Well, I logged 28 logged flower varieties today.

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