Hamilton Lake (Triple Divide Peak)
Hamilton Creek
(long, lat)
Description:
James Hamilton, who at one time owned Redwood Meadow and Wet Meadow. (G. W. Stewart.)
From PlaceNames of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar
There are three bear lockers at Hamilton Lake
Hamilton Gorge:
The climb begins with a series of sweeping switchbacks across the bluffs to the north of the lake, before turning east towards the sheer-walled avalanche chute known as Hamilton Gorge. In 1932, Park Service engineers erected a steel suspension bridge across the Gorge, but in the winter of 1937, a massive avalanche tore the bridge from its moorings and swept its twisted wreckage down to the shores of Big Hamilton Lake. You can still see the bridge's concrete foundations and a few scrap metal remains, but the trail now uses a ledge and tunnel that were blasted by the Civilian Conservation Corps the next summer. From NPS' web page on Hiking the High Sierra Trail
Trips:
- June 22, 2014 - Ten day trip along High Sierra Trail and Colby Pass-Stayed overnight
- June 23, 2014 - Ten day trip along High Sierra Trail and Colby Pass
References:
- Sequoia Natural History-trip journal from Crescent Meadows to Hamilton Lake
- Local Hikes
- Moon's Hiking Kings Canyon and Sequoia
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| Looking down Hamilton Creek |
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| Falls on Hamilton Creek |
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| Looking over Hamilton Creek Falls |
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| Sherri looking up towards Hamilton Lake area |
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| Lower Hamilton Lake |
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| Hamilton Lake |
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| Hamilton Lake at sunset |
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