Fish Lake Trail

Road to Fish Lake

Since we have been hiking lower elevation hikes the last four or five months, we decided to be adventurous and check out a slightly higher elevation  hike, the Fish Lake Trail.  This 3.3 mile (one-way) trail starts at the North Fork Campground and ends at the Fish Lake Campground.  We last hiked this trail back in September of 2008.

The Fish Lake Trail

 However, when we turned off highway 140 onto Forrest Road 37 to get to the North Fork Campground, we were stopped by S-N-O-W. Rather than attempt to get to the campground and make the 6:00 pm local news, we went back to highway 140 and drove to Fish Lake to see if the trail could be hiked in that direction.

Fish Lake

The road at Fish Lake was plowed and after a brief walk through the closed campground we found the trail along the lake shoreline.  The trail still had patches of snow, some rather deep, and there were some winter down-falls across the trail.  Our dog Katie didn't seem to care as she had fun running through the snow, around the trees and even took a dip in the lake!  Crazy dog!


We weren't able to hike the entire 3.3 miles to the North Fork Campground, but we did hike around parts of the lake and took time to enjoy the beautiful views and the quiet. I guess the higher elevation hikes will have to wait a little while longer.........

Shoreline of Fish Lake

View from the trail!!!

Before we sign off, I wanted to let all of you who live in the Southern Oregon region know about some hikes that will be upcoming in the area and should not have snow:

• Each weekend in April and May, the Siskiyou Environmental Education Center of Southern Oregon University will be hosting interpretive hikes on the Upper and Lower Table Rocks.  These are some great short hikes, but space is limited, so check out the options and make reservations for yourself or the family.  We have already signed up for one of the hikes, so maybe we will see you.

• The Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center is sponsoring group hikes in April, May and June.  They meet at Evo's Coffee in Ashland and carpool to the trailhead.  Check out their listing for more information and see if any of the hikes interest you.  Hiking with a group is a lot of fun as we experienced last month when we hiked with the Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Club from Roseburg.

Trekking Together

Glenn and Carol