In 1884, Loon Lake Dam was constructed to provide summer and autumn water supply to Georgetown Ridge for mining. It was owned and operated by the Georgetown Divide Water Co. whom used it for irrigation and as a canal sys...
Open canopy about 75% Shaals in 20% of trail. Beautiful forest floor covered with lush ferns. Hiked with David, Charlotte and Robin Ulbrick
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Map and location information for Chipmunk Bluff in California: Chipmunk Bluff is one of the Summits in El Dorado County, CA and can be found on the Loon Lake USGS topographic quad map. The GPS coordinates are 38.9690731 ...
Snowshoed this with Foothill Hikers. A great alternative when it’s too windy st the lake.
Chinese laborers helped build a series of dams between the late 19th century and the middle of the 20th century at Loon Lake, a reservoir tucked in the high mountains of the Eldorado National Forest. The original Loon...
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mostly on trail but with a little cross-country to find the "hidden" gem of hidden lake. great views of Loon Lake and spider lake. compass or gps useful to find that last half mile
This trail leads from the Desolation Wilderness parking lot at Loon Lake to Pleasant Camp on the east shore of Loon Lake. This is a nice, relatively flat hiking trail that doesn't have too much of an elevation change. Th...
This trail follows the east shore of Hell Hole Reservoir in Placer County California, Eldorado National Forest. It leads to a campground that is typically a "boat in" destination. From there the fades quite a bit. The qu...
This trail leads from either Loon Lake or the Tells Creek Equestrian Camp. It is a pretty trail that is just outside of the Desolation Wilderness. An old trail that leads down Poison Hole to Stone Cellar can be found at ...
A nice trail to hike or backpack on. Very large old growth trees are along the trail. There are plenty of flat areas to camp at north of Hales Crossing. There are also many other trails that connect with this one, some l...
Loon Lake in the Crystal Basin off Highway 50 would be an excellent destination for those planning an outing suitable for cross-country skiers and snowshoers of all levels. There are many well-marked trails of different ...
This trail starts on public land, goes through some private property, then continues upslope on public land again. It eventually connects with the loon lake to Van Vleck trail. I met the landowner while hiking the trail ...
Starting at the loon lake parking lot, hike around the south side of the lake, over to the North end of Rubicon Reservoir, then up and back over the top side of Rockbound, Buck Island, Spider Lake and Loon Lakes back to ...
If you find yourself at Gerle Creek Reservoir and you want a short, easy hike, you can take this trail to the Angel Picnic Area. The trail is supposed to be for hikers only, but OHVs continually disregard the signs. The ...
Snowshoe was a little less then 4 miles. Didn't record the beginning of the trail. You begin where the snowshoe ended.
This is a flat easy trail that follows the shore of Gerle Reservoir in Eldorado National Forest. From the trail head to the pier it is a paved trail. The official trail ends before the dam, but a path does lead to the da...
The trail is paved, and exceedingly short, but the view is nice, even though this is just a reservoir. If you are in the area and take the time to walk to this vista, you will be rewarded with a nice view, and you will u...
This is a flat hiking trail that connects the Gerle Reservoir Campground with the Airport Flat Campground. As it follows Gerle Creek upstream one will find the walk in camping spot and a junction with the Angel Creek Tra...
Francis Lake is close to the very popular Loon Lake which is much, much larger. Sometimes one wants to just get away from the boats, and people around Loon Lake, but you may not want to go all the way to the wilderness a...
Current Track: 23 MAR 2013 09:37 GPS Courtesy of Greg Lamy http://www.greglamy.net/Hiking/Hiking_List_Index.html
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Loon Lake off of Ice House Road
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