I took the opportunity to go up to Squaw Valley and ride the Tram to Highcamp (link) on Monday.  I was hoping to find the wildflowers in full bloom and they were.

If you like hiking in the high country I would really recommend this.  You can make the hike up from the bottom and ride the car down, or do as I did and ride the car up.

There are many hiking trails that are out and back hikes.  You can hike up to Siberian Ridge which overlooks the Sierra.  I chose to hike down to Shirley Lake and back.

As always, click to enlarge my images.

Shirley Lake Squaw Valley Summer 2010

As I hiked out I did a little Bouldering.  I came accross these wildflowers . . .

Wildflowers

As I was heading back to Highcamp, I wandered into the Wildflowers and captured this image . . .

Wild Flowers at High Camp, Squaw Valley, California 07-19-2010

If you had not had a chance to experience this hike, I highly recommend it.  You can even go swimming after hiking and the tram runs till 8pm.

Thanks for following along,

Tommy