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As the path leads 100 feet north around the lake, it meets a marked junction with a trail branching right (8650´) and another 0.1 mile farther (8680´). Take the left fork at each junction, first north and then west, as the trail climbs above the Twin Lakes’ northwestern basin, passing towering juniper pine among sugary, quartz-white granite.

Curve southwest as the trail weaves under massive western white pine to and from the creek that connects George Lake to Upper Twin Lake. The tread eventually crosses the creek and in 70 feet reaches the first of several campsites along George Lake (9100´; 11S 307566 4129484). The most scenic sites are located along the western shore between the inlet and the large granite wall that rims the northwest shore.

A cross-country route from George Lake climbs past College Lake to meet the Kaiser Loop Trail.

High above George Lake on the Kaiser Loop Trail, look east for views deep into the headwaters of the San Joaquin drainage.

SIDE TRIP: CROSS-COUNTRY DAYHIKE TO COLLEGE LAKE AND THE KAISER LOOP TRAIL