Lofty Lake Loop And Mt. Goats

We were in the car at 6:00 A.M. and on the trail at about 8:00 A.M.
This is the Lofty Lake Loop.
It's along the Mirror Lake Highway and begins at the Pass Lake Trail head.


Reids Meadow:

On the left is the backside of Mt. Baldy:

Morning in a meadow:

The trail  climbed  a rocky slope to the north. It brought us to Kamas Lake.
There was a family of Mountain Goats there!:

Joe:

After a rest we headed on. We crossed a small man made dam at the northwest end of the lake.
From there we made another steep climb to a high mountain meadow.

We went up a rocky slope to a crest above the meadow (elevation of 10,700 feet).  We could see Teal Lake, Cutthroat Lake (behind me here) and Jewel Lake to the North.

 Joe liked looking at the views while sitting on a big rock:

We reached a plateau.
This is Lofty Lake. 10,840 feet.
We had lunch here:

The trail reached  10,920 feet before we started down the other side.
Below is Scout lake, which serves the Scouts at Camp Steiner:

Our trail:

Scout Lake in center.
Pass Lake way off to the right of the picture:

Scout Lake:

Smaller Lake, just south of Scout Lake:

We worked our way down the mountain until we reached the parking lot.

Then we drove very short distance (practically across from our trail head).
We parked and did a little fishing.

We played here for about an hour:

 Provo River Falls:

We stopped at the Kimball Junction Mcdonalds for a small hamburger and an Ice-cream cone.

We put 12 hours to good use today.