Ted's Hiking World Penner Lake
Crooked Lakes Basin

September 18, 2025

This is the latest that I have done this trail; the modicum of fall color enhanced the views.

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#1:Carr Lake

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#2:Feely Lake, and Fall Creek Mountain

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Corn Lily

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#3:pond

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#4:lake

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Turning north here

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Pine Drops *
Greene's Mountain Ash

Although it is long, it's not Long Lake; I misspoke:

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#5:Island Lake

The real Long Lake is behind the far side of this one.

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Starting uphill from #6:pond

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Approaching the destination

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#9:Penner Lake

This lake is at the edge of the Great Basin.  The little hill behind it is part of the Great Basin Divide; on the other side and down about 600 feet are Culbertson Lake and the Lindsey Lakes, which waters flow to the ocean.

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Red Mountain Heather *
Meadowsweet

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Dwarf Bilberry

This outing feels 'unfinished' without a climb up my beloved Peak-7264 behind the lake, because that's where the best views are; but it seems a bit too warm for that extra effort today.

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Starting back

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Westward view

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#7:Crooked Lake, upper right; #8:Crooked lake, center left

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Almost down to #6

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Back on the flat

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#6

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Alpine Aster

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Whatever it is, it's important enough to tie up high

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That's why they call it Island Lake

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The trail up the Fall Creek Mountain starts here

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Several erratics are just hanging up there

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#4, at the trail junction

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#3

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#1

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