Cliff Lake Backpack

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We started off at the Cliff Lake trailhead at Courtright Reservoir. We immediatly got lost. We hiked in the direction of Cliff Lake but followed the contours. We ended up following a large creek to Nelson Lakes. We camped then and continued to Cliff Lake the following day. We made it to Cliff Lake and found Richie's friend, Conor, and his dog, Nick. We found a campsite and set up camp. The next day we hiked up to the Three Sisters and enjoyed the good view from up there. Then we went down and hiked to Island Lake, which still had snow on it. We then went back to our camp at Cliff Lake. THe next day we went up Dogtooth Peak. We tried to make it to the top, but couldn't find a safe way up. That was an interesting peak though. We hiked back to Cliff Lake and went for a jump in the freezing cold water. The next day we packed up and hiked out. We saw quite a few other hikers going up there that day and had seen noone the past 4 days. Courtright was packed with people. (Click here for a full description of this trip)