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Just before the ford of Post Corral Creek, a granite boulder field opens on the right (west) side of the trail. There are several obvious campsites here (8200´; 11S 331535 4110014).

DAY 2 (Post Corral Meadows to Rae Lake, 5.5 miles): Top off water supplies here; today’s route gains 1600 feet in 5 miles with no reliable water.

After leaving the campsites, head east to ford Post Corral Creek (wet in early season) and shortly find the signed Blackcap/Red Mountain Basin junction. Turn left (east). The trail then begins to climb the ridge separating Post Corral Creek and Fleming Creek. The first mile is moderate under shady pine cover, but shortly thereafter the trail steepens over dynamited slabs.

Continue up the obvious path to the small, wooded flat before reaching the switchbacks that lead up the last few hundred feet to the ridgeline. The trail turns toward the northeast and begins a more gentle ascent up the forested north flank of Fleming Creek’s canyon.

After 1.5 miles, the track turns north and ascends steep, rocky switchbacks to gain the meadows surrounding small, photogenic Fleming Lake. Here, the landscape takes on a definite subalpine character with less tree cover and more exposed granite boulders and slabs.