The first part of the hike follows a typical root-laced trail up and over a ridge to Lower Geraldine Lake, the first of four Geraldine Lakes. Here we are, in the picture above, arriving at Lower Geraldine Lake. The trail got rougher as it follows the lake's west shore, very rocky and rooty as it climbs beside a waterfall cascading over rocks at the end of the Lake.
At the top of the falls we entered this valley which was basically a large boulderfield with a couple of tarns in the middle. At the end of this rock-chocked valley there was yet another waterfall which you can see in the distance.
Scrambling over rocks (not our favorite kind of hiking!), we arrived at the base of this impressive waterfall and it was time for lunch.
Lunch view.
Mountain peaks to the right of the fall, another lunch view.
We think this is Mount Fryatt above Lower Geraldine Lake.
A look back just before we entered to forest for the one-mile hike back to the trailhead and the car.
Today's hike:
Length - 5.37 rocky miles, (8.79 km)
Duration - 5 hours, 11 minutes
Elevation gain - 1,167 feet (328 meters)
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