Sequoia NP The Lakes Trail Full Guide | Backpacking trip to Pear Lake | Everything you need to know!
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Published 2020-08-19
Our first overnight backpacking trip in the Sierras took us to The Lakes Trail in Sequoia National Park. It wasn’t an easy hike, but the views and the FOUR, beautiful alpine lakes (Heather, Aster, Emerald, Pear Lakes) we got to see made it totally worth it.
Thanks for watching and comment below with any questions you have!
Miles: 12.8 round trip
Trail type: out and back
Difficulty: strenuous
Elevation change: 3,416ft
Time: 5-6 hours
Timestamps
0:00 Trailhead
1:56 The Watchtower
2:32 Heather Lake
3:45 Emerald Lake
4:39 Pear Lake
9:55 the BEST campsite!!
11:26 Day 2/breakfast
12:06 hiking down
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All Comments (21)
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Already can't wait to do this hike again! This trail was challenging, but so fun to do. Thanks for watching! =)
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Watched this last week and today I just came back from there. Wow it was a nice hike.
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Your video has me thinking back on my Sequoia trips!
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wow!! looks so quiet and like a magical time!! 😍😍
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Good shout on the best camp site! Great vid - Thanks!
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Great video! Looking forward more ❤
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Awesome video! thanks for showing us this amazing place. Somewhere I will definitely be backpacking into this summer! Thanks and Happy Trails! "the strenous stuff becomes memories in the future" so so true, all of my favorite hikes have been my most difficult!
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Stunning
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Very nice video! This is one of my favorites trails. I hiked there three times but have never seen water in any of these lakes. They were all frozen whenever I got there. LOL.
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Awesome video! Need to visit now haha
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Adding this one to the list!
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Great video. Nice editing! My pals and I will be there this weekend.
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You guys are so coool ☺️👍🤠
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Beautiful scenery! I have been there several times. And you guys seem like such great and genuine people. I hope to run into you on the trail. You may want to look into Dinkey Lakes, just east of Shaver Lake east of Fresno. Easy hike, rarely crowded, and scenery far more beautiful than this hike. God bless all of you!
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oooo damn, that place is nice
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Great video.. I did that trail 4 times including a winter trip . Try that ledge when it's under four feet of snow. It was scary , challenging and worth it.
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Great hike. Nice video. Not done this one. Did you see any fish? We usually take our rods in the hope of a bonus meal
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Planning on going in late June / sometime in July . Was it a one night trip ? Do you remember if the ground was rocky and hard for stake ?
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Hi, what month did you go? we're planning to go in June, do you think there'll be snow? looks so fun!!
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What about bears & mountain lions???
