[singlepic id=94 w=320 h=240 float=left]Looking for the color of fall, we started drive to Mammoth mountains on thursday afternoon. It was rainy in LA when we left. After passing Palmdale, we saw huge, dark clouds sitting on the hills we just came from. A few rainbows later showed up on the way as well.
According to the precipitation it would rain/snow in Mammoth on that specific afternoon when we planned to drive up to there. We left LA as early as possible to avoid situations being trapped in bad weather. Fortunately it was not raining or snowing in Mammoth.

[singlepic id=72 w=320 h=240 float=left]Friday morning was sunny. We decided to go to Convict Canyon trail which go up into the canyon above the Convict lake. The first 1 mile of the trail was very easy. The lake was decorated with trees with golden colored leaves, which made it difficult to go fast without taking pictures. After the “John muir wildness” sign, the trail start getting steep. Finally it came to a river which we are supposed to cross. The water was rushing down fast and it could be dangerous if anyone fall into the river while trying to cross it. So we had to go back a little bit to find a easier spot to cross the river. On the other side of the river, it was hard to find the used path mentioned in the book. We tried to climb higher to be away from the narrow canyon and the river. The used trail appeared and we followed it for a mile. It leaded to the first later after the river crossing.
Even there’re more lakes that we wanted to see, it was 2pm in the afternoon. Looking at the black clouds gathering at the top of the snow covered mountain that not far from the lake, we headed back.
The hiking turned out to be 10 miles and 4000 feet escalation.