We did an overnight at Roland Creek camp. This is an excellent camp! Our site was at the top of the hill. There are three large areas to camp all with great water access to the creek. Ours had a tiny waterfall.
I must say do some looking into elevation stats in addition to WTA. My GPS clocked ~2k feet of gain round trip. We were expecting less than half of that. While the trail rolls and there isn't much steepness, we found it deceptively challenging as relatively greener and less frequent backpackers.
We didn't see many people, and our camp was half empty. We did see a 6 inch Salamander roaming about at a point. On our return trip, we noticed there were many headed to Ruby Pasture. Once reaching the bridge over Ruby Creek, we did a quick dip. It was quite cold but extremely refreshing in the heat and incredibly clear, beautiful water.
Overall, this trip added great context for my plans to reach Desolation one day on foot.
RT 13.16m/2076ft
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