Two friends and I, plus my dog, did a 3 day backpack near Cathedral Rock. Because we are all in the 65+ age group (even the dog is a senior) we chose to camp at Squaw Lake and spend our middle day hiking up to Cathedral Rock, along the PCT north and along the ridge line south of Cathedral Rock, overlooking Deep Lake. There were wonderful views of Deep Lake, as well as Mt. Daniel. The weather was perfect. We started on a Wednesday and it was not crowded, only one other group camping at the lake. Thursday night there were more people and one group had a fire. They were across the lake from us and I yelled at them to put out the fire and it appeared someone was doing so. The smoke was gone for a bit, but it started up again. We believe someone else went over there because we could hear a lot of yelling. We met a few people heading up on our way out. I'd guess that 90% of the people put a mask on when passing on the trail.
No photos as my files are all too large.
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