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Up on the west bank of the Stuart Fork the trail runs south, climbing slightly almost to Boulder Creek, then turns back to climb more steeply a little west of north before turning into the north side of Boulder Creek Canyon. You soon climb higher up the side of the canyon in dense, mixed forest, amid a significant number of deadfalls, and then begin a series of moderately steep zigzags up the nose of a ridge away from Boulder Creek. As the climb eases in more open forest, about a mile from the Stuart Fork crossing, a large dead ponderosa pine snag and a nearby cairn mark the somewhat inconspicuous junction of the Alpine Lake Trail turning steeply north.

After a short steep start north up the Alpine Lake Trail through a field of granite boulders, you begin a series of long-legged switchbacks, climbing moderately in thick brush well east of the Alpine Lake outlet. About 0.75 mile from the junction, a switchback extends almost to the diminutive creek and to a good but small campsite tucked under a large Jeffrey pine. A short steep scramble down to the stream will allow you to cool your hot brow in the clear cold water, as well as get some drinking water.