They will give you one street out of all of Sacramento that has flooded and make it seem that all of Sacramento looks that way or they will give you one of the local creeks (Arcade Creek or Dry Creek are good examples) has overflowed it's banks and make you think every creek and river is overflowing their banks. T'is not the case. All this news coverage you've seen is a pretty typical event when it rains a lot in Northern California.
One of the news stories was the fear that the Truckee River was going to overflow it's banks and flood out all the residents in the area. What area? The Truckee River runs 121 miles from the dam at Tahoe City to Pyramid Lake and it turned out that the rain came as snow and the river was fine. All that aggravation for nothing and the same aggravation applies to the Valley.
So what does this have to do with me going fishing today? Last Thursday I checked out Bear River Reservoir and today I wanted to continue up the hill to see if any of the other lakes could be fished. As I passed Silver Lake I noticed that the lake is starting to freeze over. There is still a good portion of the lake open, but to access it you'll be required to find a place to park that is not a foot deep in snow and then walk the distance of a couple of football fields in that foot deep snow to get to fishable water.
I continued on with Caples Lake or Red Lake in my sights. I bypassed Caples Lake and shot (very slowly) over Carson Pass for Red lake. In the picture below I'm parked at the local pitstop at the pass (7990 feet elevation) and you can see how the parking lot looks. The road from 8000 feet was just like that. Not 4 wheel drive type road, but slippery none the less.
Pitstop parking lot |
Same parking lot back toward the way I came. |
The only plowed pull out at Caples |
Same pull out looking Northwest. |
Since there was to be no fishing today I thought I'd just take a couple of
Northwest |
North |
Northeast |
I did stop at Bear River Reservoir on the way back and the gate is closed until next spring. I could have driven around it, but I hear the fine is $500 if you're caught and a walk of 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile was just not in the cards especially with the storm coming.
Maybe I'll hit Lake Amador or Lake Camanche later this week when the storm is gone, since I have neither errands to run or remodeling (my part is done) to do.
I'll let you know what happens.
Marlk
How many months are there when there isn't snow on the ground?
ReplyDeleteI am telling people in Boston to stop complaining about our winters.
Hi Ed. There are times, in some very shady spots, where the snow will last all year, but most melts during the Summer.
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ReplyDeleteI only wish we could get some of that snow here in Alabama, it look like it might be a while before you get back on the water. Great images thanks for sharing
Hi Bill. I just move to the lakes downcountry in the winter.
DeleteHere in Northern Colorado, we love to see that kind of snow. Pretty dry winter so far and still a fire burning up in the trees. Let it snow!
ReplyDeleteMark, those are some awesome photos.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos Mark. I'm with Mel, send us some snow!
ReplyDeleteKeeping our fingers crosses out this way. We supposedly have a wet weekend on the way. Right now we're so dry that there's still a fire burning up in rocky Mountain National Park that's been burning since October. Howard's comment is right on. "send us some snow!"
ReplyDeleteStill a beautiful sight. Snow on the mountains is a great view.
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