A Solo Hike Along the Silver Divide

Solver Peak over Olive Lake, another worthwhile destination. Certainly it got its name by its shape.

Olive Lake

Silver Divide Trip from Edison Lake Trailhead, August-September 2001

Again, the route-finding was easy and the travel quick, and with a little backtracking around the more complex terrain of point 10,283, I found an excellent little bench to set out my lunch and point above a high cliff with views all around.

Looking down Minnow Creek Canyon. Almost mid-picture is the canyon of Purple Lake by the JMT/PCT.

Below my feet was Olive Lake, another very worthy destination with what looked like ideal camping and fishing in a more protected canyon. It had larger groves of tall trees and larger expanses of granite than Peter Panda Lake, and I wanted to visit it. Perhaps someday.