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    Quote Originally Posted by BER View Post
    Nothing so pretty as the form and muted shades of a beautiful fish.
    Thanks for the report and pics!
    There was one spot on the lake where if the wind was totally calm the water would clear and you could look down 30-50 feet deep and see dozens of fish cruising.

    Quote Originally Posted by BillyBob58 View Post
    WhooHooo! I am going to have to try Tenkara!

    How far would you say this Trailhead, or maybe some Sawtooth THs, are from Salt Lake City?
    This trailhead is about 2 hours out of Boise (give or take a little) so about 7 from SLC. Sawtooths take a little longer to get to, figure 3 hours out of Boise, but from SLC you don't have to go to Boise to get to them. But still count on about 7 hours or so.
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    Very nice trip report. Having grown up in Utah I was especially interested.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BillyBob58 View Post
    ...How far would you say this Trailhead, or maybe some Sawtooth THs, are from Salt Lake City?
    It was quite a drive form SLC but worth it for sure. I was on the road 8hrs from TH to driveway. That does include a guided trip to a local burger joint and dropping of my guide, so you could make it in less time if you skipped that stuff.
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    Excellent report. Can you tell us a bit about the trail itself? I've never heard of it until you mentioned it originally. Total length? Elevation gain, etc?

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    Quote Originally Posted by outkastblast View Post
    Excellent report. Can you tell us a bit about the trail itself? I've never heard of it until you mentioned it originally. Total length? Elevation gain, etc?

    The trail was a bit of a bear, especially with the very high pack weights we had counting the tubes, waders and all. It starts off with a roller coaster, up hill, down hill and back up over and over and over again for the first couple miles. Not huge climbs but a few hundred feet up then down then up again with a lot of weight gets old quick. Then for a while the trail is fairly flat with just a gentle grade that was not to bad. The last 1/4 mile is the worst, it's fairly steep and has a lot of loos rock, all the way to being scree in spots. At the crest of this your just a hundred feet from the lake. There were several decent camp spots around the lake and literally dozens of fire rings...like 15 groups of people had to camp around the lake on the same weekend and each need a fire. Some just a few yards apart. Other wise the lake was clean and I did not see any trash or other signs of abuse.

    With day packs or UL gear the hike would not be to bad. It parallels the creek for most of the way but does not get to close most of the way. My GPS measured just over 4 miles each way, though the signs say 4.5 miles, not real far but with the up and down at the start and the climb at the end it felt farther. Again I know our heavy packs contributed a lot to that.

    The road in could be done in a car with just a little caution in a few spots do to the ruts in the road from the spring snow melt.
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    Man Paul, you and the Muse know how to have fun! What a beautiful looking lake. Glad the fishing was good for y'all. looks like I am gonna have to get out west again one day.

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    Absolutely gorgeous! It's reports like this that make me want to drop everything and move out west. I am green with envy! Thanks for the great report! I look forward to future ones.

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    haha its posts like this that make me want to move east-- well just a little bit east... Would love to spend a summer in idaho..

    Paul-- what was your pack weight.. Im looking to get into packing tubes and gear in and am worried that my weight is going to get up there..

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    Man what a beautiful area. Great looking fish too!

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    Looks like you had a great trip. Wish I could have been there. You took some beautiful pictures.

    Keith

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