Been incredibly busy so I have had not time to post the trip report. So We started at Virginia Lakes, through Virginia Canyon, up Matterhorn Canyon, down Slide Canyon to the Slide, up to Snow Lake and out to Twin Lakes/Mono Village
Weather was nothing short of gorgeous. Daytime temps started in the 80's and slow dropped into the low 70's. Everyday was T-shirt and shorts. Evenings were windy on Monday night, balmy Tuesday - Wednesday, and most of Friday night. Very early Friday morning the temps dropped and the wind came up. We knew Friday was going to cool off, but not that bad.
Had a very late start on Monday, due to my getting caught behind a very slow moving lumber truck on 108, then sat for a hour on 395 due to construction.
We finally get moving around 2 PM, and got as far as Summit Lake and camped.
The next day we headed down to Virginia Canyon and camped at the head of Matterhorn Canyon. The view just before we dropped down to our site in Matterhorn Canyon. You can just see the Sawtooth Ridge.
From that campsite we headed up Matterhorn Canyon to Burro Pass
Matterhorn Canyon from Burro Pass
The Sawtooth Ridge
A look down Slide Canyon
The Slide
A good Idea of how enormous the Slide is - My hiking partner is on the right hand side of the picture
The climb out of Slide Canyon
Camp site view from Snow Lake
Headed down from Snow Lake
Just a few switchbacks to get down
I really like the color of this pond
Was a great trip with great views and excellent hiking.