Twin Lakes Bridgeport

Two glacial lakes, Upper and Lower, sit below the Sawtooth Ridge southwest of Bridgeport on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada. The road climbs Robinson Creek for about thirteen miles from US-395 and ends at the Mono Village resort on Upper Twin. The water is cold, fed by snowmelt off the high peaks of the Hoover Wilderness, and famous for trout: the California state record brown, 26 pounds 8 ounces, came out of Upper Twin Lake in 1987. Boats run early; afternoon wind off the Sierra crest builds quickly and pushes the small craft back toward the launch. The aspen along the creek turns gold the last two weeks of September.

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