Hike Info:
Type:
Hiking
Trail:
Corrine Lake Road
Destination:
Corrine Lake
Distance:
6.07
miles
Start
Time: 12:53
End
Time: 3:34
Travel
Time: 2:41 (2.26
mph)
Moving
Time: 2:09 (2.83
mph)
Elevation
Rise: 705' 1
Descent: 712‘
Maximum
Elevation: 2,541'
1The GPS did not register the
elevation. The elevation information is from Google Earth.
Description:
Sherri’s and mine first time
organizing a Meetup hike since April. So I am a bit apprehensive
about doing this event. The route is not an issue-just follow a dirt
road. But just doing this. Fortunately it is a small group whom I
have hiked with most of them before.
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| Our path |
We go to church, then get
ready. We leave our house at 11:05 and get to the parking lot at
11:20. Lori is waiting for us. John, Tom and Daniel shortly
afterwards. We wait until 11:40 before leaving-missing one person.
The trip up to the trailhead was pretty quick, about an hour. We see
Pam parked at the Road 222 and Corrine Lake Road-she had gone up and
down the road to Corrine
Lake.
She wants to only walk the road again, not drive it. A little while
later Daniel drives up-he has gone all the way down the road aways.
We are missing one other person, but Pam says that that person is not
coming because their dog ended up in Emergency. I should say we have
four dogs on this hike. They pretty much are well behaved.
It is approaching 1:00pm and
we are all ready to move on. The weather is clear and crisp, just
right to start walking. We follow a flume along-this flume comes from
ManzanitaLake and
feeds the PG&E lake we are going to. We will follow it pretty
much all the way. Sometimes it hides in the hills or decides to
meander away, but it will always come back to us.
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| North looking |
But the meandering is part of
the fun of this walk. Green hills, blue skies with a background of
white mountains. Good hiking eye candy. Sherri, Pam and I sort of lag
behind everybody. On my part, it is comfortable walking. The rolling
hills do not seem to tax me too much, unlike a few previous hikes I
went on this year.
Most of the way is on dirt
road with ranch houses towards the side. I think there is forest
service land around us as well. Soon we come to a gate with pavement.
This seems like it is PG&E land. The dirt road is a bit easier on
the legs, but the paved is still pretty good. The water seems to be
moving faster-probably an optical illusion. But we turn a corner and
head the quarter mile more to the lake. I make a pit stop at the
outhouse by the power station, then join the group at the lake.
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| Flume |
Corrine Lake is small, maybe
just slightly larger than a pond. While easy to get to, we are the
only ones there today. Nice to spend a few minutes relaxing by the
lake, looking out at the snow covered mountains-actually the snow is
a lot closer, maybe at the 4,000’ elevation or lower. Restful.
Evidently, not all that restful as Pam, Daniel, Tom and John decide
to walk around the lake with the dogs.
By the time they get back, it
is time to start heading back to the cars. We retreat down the same
road we came in on. This time, I am walking with John, Tom and
Daniel. Not a fast walk, but one which I can sustain. We talk about
different things. Along the way, we admire the work of over-achieving
woodpeckers on some fence posts-sorry no pictures. The walk back is
just as pleasant as going out.
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| Bass Lake and ice |
We get back to the cars around
3:30. Usually it is a time for an after hike meal. But the only place
I know of in North Fork is closed on Sundays. So we all congratulate
each other on a good hike and head off towards home.
Well not all of us. Sherri
would like to see the iced over Bass
Lake, so
we go through North Fork and come to Bass Lake through the back way.
The northern part of Bass Lake has ice on it. Definitely do not want
to be out with skates on the feet-even if I could ice skate. We
decide to have dinner in Oakhurst. We choose El
Cid and
get stuffed. Now it is time to head back to Fresno.
Extra Photo's
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| View to the east |
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| Southwest looking |
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| More snow covered mountains |
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| Boots and water |
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| Still more snow |
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| Flume |
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| More of the flume |
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| Bass Lake |
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