
View back along the PCT.

Round Top seen ahead.

PCT heads left at this junction, but keep right for Round Top. Elephants Back seen left, Round Top right.

An easy walk toward the base of Round Top along the Carson Pass/Lake Winnemucca Connector Trail.

View back, Red Lake Peak seen center.


Lake Winnemucca at the base of Round Top.

View back toward Lake Winnemucca. Elephants Back seen center, Red Lake Peak left.

Along the Camp Irene Trail, which ascends and then drops down to Round Top Lake.

Approaching Round Top Lake at the base of The Sisters.

Round Top Lake.

Round Top Summit Trail, Round Top seen center.

View back toward Round Top Lake.

Very well-defined trail up to the Round Top scramble.

View back, Caples Lake seen below.

Class 2 to gain Round Top's west ridge. A trail leads most of the way.

Class 2 on more solid rock.

View back down the Class 2 as I ascend Round Top's west ridge. Round Top Lake seen right of center.

More Class 2 along the way.

Round Top seen right, Lake Winnemucca and Elephants Back below on the left.

A notch. Drop right.

Class 2 on loose terrain for a short time, then keep left.

Weakness seen center to gain the summit.

Class 3.

Round Top summit, view east.

Round Top summit, view north. Red Lake Peak seen right of center.

Close-up toward Elephants Back and Lake Winnemucca.

Round Top summit, view south toward Deadwood Peak on the left.

From just past Lake Winnemucca, I left the trail and headed up on sometimes brushy terrain toward Elephants Back.

Steeper and brushier as I hiked up the slope.

View back toward Lake Winnemucca on my way up Elephants Back.

Elephants Back summit ahead.

Elephants Back summit, view toward Red Lake Peak. There's a loose social trail eroded into the peak that makes for an easy, quick descent.

View back up toward Elephants Back as I re-join the PCT.
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