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Off the Five Lakes Trail between the Squaw Valley ski area (to the north) and the Alpine Meadows ski area. Looking north. I haven't been able to find details, but evidently there was an attempt to built a ski lift between the resorts that got as far as building the pylons, but then got stopped, I assume due to litigation of some sort. So the unfinished construction gives a kind of post-apocalyptic flavor. Now that the resorts have merged, there's talk again of connecting them with a lift, and maybe they'll use these pylons.

Five Lakes Trail, on the way to the Granite Chief Wilderness. Looking north. Sierra Nevada, California. The sign on the tree at right asks that you stay on the trail!

Five Lakes Basin, Sierra Nevada, California, between the Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows ski resorts. Off the (yes!) Five Lakes Trail. The inset shows the water clarity.

On one of the Five Lakes, Five Lakes Basin, Sierra Nevada, California.