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Sierra Nevada backpacking: Dumbbell Pass and Dumbbell Lakes - Kings Canyon National Park, California

Eastern Sierra backpacking, Sierra Nevada: Cross country route to Dumbbell Lakes from Marion Lake via the Dumbbell Pass. Afternoon hike to the Dumbbell Lakes basin and the Cataract Creek Pass. Kings Canyon National Park Big Pine, California. Eastern Sierra, Sierra Nevada. Trailhead: Tabosee Pass Trailhead, Big Pine August 2024 Itinerary: This video covers the fourth day of a seven day backpacking trip from the Taboose Pass Trailhead which included the Taboose Pass, Cardinal Mountain, the Muro Blanco Trail, Cartridge Pass, Cartridge Creek, Marion Lake, Dumbbell Pass, Dumbbell Lakes, Cataract Creek Pass, Amphitheater Lake, Cataract Creek, PCT/JMT trail, Palisade Lakes, Mother Pass, Upper Basin, Bench Lake, Taboose Pass and exit to the Tabosee Pass Trailhead. The section from Marion Lake to Dumbbell Lakes across the Cartridge Creek drainage and up and over Dumbbell Pass is a cross country section. A fainted use trail exists in a few spots, but overall the hike is off trail. Navigation is pretty straight forward but it is advisable to support the hike with a GPS enabled hiking phone App or a GPS navigation device providing off-line maps (Or a paper map and compass if you want to go old school). The cross country terrain is easy to traverse up to Dumbbell Pass, after which the descent to Dumbbell Lakes entails navigating through snow fields and boulder fields. The cross country route becomes easy again from Dumbbell Lakes to the top of Cataract Creek Pass through the Dumbbell Lakes basin. Day 4: Marion Lake to Dumbbell Pass, descent to Dumbbell Lakes. Camp at Dumbbell Lakes. Afternoon hike across the Dumbbell Lakes basin up to Cataract Creek Pass and back. Trip Section Stats: 8 mi, Approx. 2200 ft elevation gain. AllTrails Map: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/rec... Notes about the map: the map is indicative of the trip itinerary although mileage and moving time cannot be considered as reference as I often deviated from the route for filming and photography; also the moving time on the map includes all stops and breaks during the day as I stopped recording only once camp was setup for each day. Hike Notes: Another incredibly spectacular day for this fantastic seven day backpacking trip in the Sierras. The route was all cross country but not particularly difficult: the descent from Dumbbell Pass to the Dumbbell Lakes is essentially a large boulder field. I took my time and picked the best line I could see. The main Dumbbell Lake is on par with Marion Lake in regards of landscape beauty, although it is very different as tree presence is scarse and the landscape is a high alpine rock scape. The camp spot was also amazingly beautiful, I could enjoy evening and morning golden hours to be remembered. So was the hike up Cataract Creek Pass across the Dumbbell Lakes basin. Storms were brewing all around me, but I got lucky and got very little rain. The stormy sky skyline of the Palisade horizon from Cataract Creek Pass was also something to remember. Below was Amphitheater Lake that I would visit the day after, another impossibly blue lake of the high Sierra landscape. I had Dumbbell Lakes all for myself upon my return to camp - indeed I only met a group of four backpackers in the afternoon heading over Cataract Creek Pass for the day. The weather was clearing so I could walk around the shore in the evening light. Sierra beauty at its best. When I left in the morning I kept thinking I want to return on this route as it is too beautiful not to visit again! Music: Purple Dreams by Silver Maple Licensed by Epidemic Sound. #dumbbellpass #dumbbelllakes #hiking #backpacking #sierranevada #cartridgecreek #marionlake #cataractcreekpass #kingscanyonnationalpark CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 01:26 - Trip Highlights 04:40 - Marion Lake to Dumbbell Lakes 09:40 - Afternoon hike to Cataract Creek Pass, return to camp at Dumbbell Lakes