One issue with Saddlebag Lake is that it is a 5 mile loop if you take the boat across, but if the boat is not running, that adds a 2 mile trudge each way around the lake (9 miles total). The 2 miles around the lake can be kind of boring.
That whole area up on Tioga Pass is pretty cool though. Gardinsky Lake is a beautiful short jaunt. There's a short hike from the campground right off 120 (Junction Campground) to Bennettville (a tiny ghost town), and from Bennettville you can keep climbing pass several lakes and ultimately up to a ridge, where you get amazing views over the Hoover Wilderness of Mt. Conness.
Here are some pictures from mid May 2012 in that area (almost exactly two years ago today). That was also a "low snow year." I think there is currently more snow there than there was in 2012 though.
Looking back at Mt. Dana from the first lake above Bennetville.
Looking up toward Mt. Conness from the second lake.
The second lake.
Looking over the Hoover Wilderness toward Mt. Conness.
While I am at it, here's a shot of Barney Lake from the Twin Lakes area (near Bridgeport) from the same trip.
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