hike: Kennebec pass and Taylor Lake

Got out on Saturday afternoon for another hike. This one was a bit of "long approach, short thrill" as we had to drive about 18 miles on a slow Forest Service road (2WD but twisty and rutted) and then it was only about a 1.5 mile hike to the pass and a further 1.8 miles to the lake, then back the way we came. Both pass and lake are around 11,750 ft, with a lovely (although very snowy) basin separating them. Nice wildflowers, particularly glacier lilies which lined the edges of the trail. Didn't see anyone until we got to Cumberland Basin, as there's another trailhead not far from there and several people had come up from that one.

( Five pictures, around 70K each )