Iceberg Lake via North Fork Lone Pine Creek Trail(edit)

Sights to See

• Iceberg Lake
• Clyde Meadow

Rate this Hike

★★★★★


Temecula_Dan 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Solo hiked Sun 9/29/2024 - Not able to get a day permit, I opted for an overnight permit, camping at Iceberg Lake which worked out well. After driving what seemed like an easy 260 miles very early on a Sunday morning, I started up the trail from Portal just before 6 AM. Saw a nice sunrise from the E-ledges and knew it was going to be a near perfect weather day. I’ve never done this route without deep snow and North Fork ripping down the canyon so this trip was different. Some route finding through the willows was required after Lower Boy Scout Lake but absolutely no bushwhacking required. Rack and rope brought my pack weight up to 40 lbs. which was a bit heavier than planned, even after scaling back on “nice to have” items like a stove, warm food and more climbing hardware. Set up camp at Iceberg Lake, put everything in my tent except for climbing gear and headed south to Pinnacle Ridge to climb the cracks for a while. Some snow at the base wall made for an interesting start to things. Got back to camp in time to filter water, have some food and lay down before dark. Had to get up during the night to knead out some leg cramping down some electrolytes which made me second guess my Pinnacle Ridge choice before Whitney but gave me the opportunity to see an awesome night sky. It got down to 37°F so I didn’t have to sleep with water and batteries. Iceberg seemed like the perfect stopping point for a 2 day trip. Logged 4.4 miles / 4250 vertical ft with Gaia
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