Sodalite Lake
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Sodalite Lake

Twenty seven acres at 9,794 feet, the only brook trout water on this stretch of the upper shelf. A mile and a quarter east-southeast of Surprise across open granite with no tread.

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Lone Elk Lake
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Lone Elk Lake

Seven and a half miles from the Lady of the Lake Trailhead, on trail the whole way, or three quarters of a mile down off the high country the way we came. Brook trout at 10,155 feet.

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Rough Lake
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Rough Lake

Ninety acres of brook trout water at 10,191 feet, and the only lake on this shelf the trail actually reaches. Six and a half miles in on the Goose Lake Jeep Trail.

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Recruitment Lake
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Recruitment Lake

Twelve acres of brook trout water at 10,049 feet, the largest of three lakes clustered on the shelf. An eighth of a mile northwest of Paddle.

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Cliff Lake
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Cliff Lake

Six miles up the Sky Top Creek drainage, on a trail the National Geographic map says does not exist. The last lake up here you can reach on trail.

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