Woods Creek and Lakes

Yet another look back towards the Woods Creek Junction. Note again the desert community plants

Closing on Woods Lakes Basin

Woods Creek and Lakes, SEKI, Spring 2005

Another canyon entrance I checked out was the entrance to "White Creek Canyon". Nothing worth a picture to show except to say the terrain was much more complex, but careful navigation could get you up canyon it seemed. If you were really hot to visit the large lakes of this canyon, it may be better to go up Window Peak Canyon and  cross over into "White Creek Canyon" from the upper canyon. Another way would to go a fair ways towards the Woods Lake junction and then traverse west towards the slopes over White creek.

Another nice alpine scene looking up-canyon at Woods Creek.

As we approached the Woods Lakes junction, the trail steepened somewhat. I would really hate going up this canyon on a hot afternoon because there sure wasn't much shade. Water was not a problem as a series of small streams had to be crossed, none of them wet crossings.

Finally, a view of the opening and surrounding peaks of Woods Lake Basin. Note a Woods Creek cascade left of center picture. More of that gray material is the stuff of those high peaks. Below, white Sierra granite.

Drawing closer to the Woods Lakes junction, a spectacular view of the Woods Lakes Basin opened up to the right. It was now easy to see where the majority of the water for Woods Creek came from: it was Woods Lakes Basin's outlet. A violent cascade roared across the valley. The cross-country looked inviting on the other side of the stream, but the problem would be crossing the stream. Now I knew why the trail hooked around left and stayed above the stream.