1st day of a short #backpacking trip in Great Basin National Park. The route followed old mining road and passed through the ruins of a briefly thriving community. From there, I stopped by the lake, climbed to the top of the nearby peak, then dropped to a second lake for the night.

New blog post here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/10/johnson-gb-johnson-mine-pyramid-peak.html

#hiking #nature #landscape #hike #mountains #peakbagging #ruins #mining #lake #Nevada #GreatBasinNationalPark #JohnsonLake #PyramidPeak #BakerLake #basinandrange #desert