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Portal Lake can be gorgeous in the summer.
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This lake sits at 10,400 ft. about 1/4 mile below the trail. It is well worth a visit!
Chapel Lake is gorgeous with Finger Col and Finger Peak just over the ridge.
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Lee Watts
May 19, 2017 near Big Pine, CA
“Portal Lake can be gorgeous in the summer.”  

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Portal Lake can be gorgeous in the summer.
Chapel Lake is gorgeous with Finger Col and Finger Peak just over the ridge.
Cathedral Lake and Finger Col glimmer in the evening light.
Division Lake lies just beneath Blackcap Mountain on the left and Blackcap Pass, the low point to the right of the mountain.
Bighorn Lake shines with Ambition Lake barely visible above it. Mt. Goddard is the dark peak over the ridge. Valor Pass is on the ridge directly in front of it, with Mt. Reinstein on the extreme right.
Unnamed frozen lake and pass above Blue Canyon on Kettle Ridge.
A sunny day brings big smiles to a group near Bighorn Lake on the Blackcap Basin Lakes Route.
This lake sits at 10,400 ft. about 1/4 mile below the trail. It is well worth a visit!
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Blackcap Basin Lakes Route

6.5 mi 10.5 km
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Auberry, CA

Blackcap Trail 29E03

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