Ihave written about hiking to Round Top Lake and Winnemucca Lake in a previous post, but I want to revisit the hike from a different way. If you like summer wildflowers, this is absolutely the hike for you.
Instead of starting out at Woods Lake, on this hike you start from Carson Pass, just a few more miles up on Highway 88.
The wildflower display on the trail to Winnemucca Lake, Iâm told, is “world renowned.” I donât know if that’s true, but I can attest to the beauty along the trail to the lake like Iâve never encountered on in the wild before. There is lupine, Indian Paintbrush, and a host of flowers I donât know the names of, but are blue, purple, yellow and white. Itâs an explosion of color, and in all the times Iâve hiked this trail, Iâve seen not only hikers, but photographers out on the trail too. About 1.5 miles in, you get into the wildflower burst. There is some uphill, but itâs not bad to this point, so itâs more than worth going just for this. If you were to just go to Winnemucca Lake and turn back, the wildflowers alone would make it a five-star day and the lake a bonus. Continue reading “Carson Pass to Fourth of July Peak”
