The trail was rocky in some areas, and quite dusty. There were still some areas with snow coverage, but not very close to our trail. 
We passed Cathedral Lake as we approached the mid-way point of our climb.
Cathedral Lake in background (above) . We enjoyed the mountain valleys and beautiful wildflowers.
Our lunch spot had great shade, and a superb view of Lake Tahoe and Fallen Leaf Lake.
Views from our lunch spot! (above and below)
As we climbed higher, there was a false summit. Once we got even with that false summit, we passed some hikers on their way down, and they told us we had at least another hour of hiking. We thought we were almost there...ugh!
Well, we kept going, and made it to the top. The summit was a little scary for me, because it was like a huge pile of jaggedy rocks. One side had a rocky shaft, too--which would be about 1,000 feet straight down a cliff. That part made me nervous. And, there was a group of girl scouts up there near that shaft, and a girl dropped her hat near the edge--she actually grabbed it, too before it went over the edge--but her scout leader told her that she shouldn't have done that, because it was just too close to the edge. That made me really want to get out of that section.--yikes!
Here's a picture of where that shaft went straight down!! (above) We got to the summit, and took a few photos, but my camera battery died, and my spare batteries did not work. But, we got all we needed and wanted, I think. The views included all the mountain lakes in the area and also many mountains all around us. 
I was enjoying the summit views, but also eager to get off that scary pile of rocks. On the way down, we saw a bear with four cubs! That was incredible! Neither Jason nor I had ever seen a bear in the wild, so we got to see our first one together! Awesome!
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