BFTA Trinity Alps: Long Gulch Lake
Klamath National Forest
(purple lines, map link)
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The trouble with staying at Long Gulch Lake is that it is open range for cattle. They've been known to decide to wander through camps knocking things over and generally trashing the area. And when they're done with that, they'll wander over and sit on tents. It's happened before. So as long as they were there (they were) we needed someone to make sure they didn't do all that to our camp. They actually stayed away for a bit longer than usual this day. I didn't even hear cow bells until around 10AM.
The rest of the crew was returning to Fish Lake Creek Trail for tread work, which is hard work.
I took a wander around the edge of the lake. The first goal was to wander past a little piped spring high on the side. Instructions included simply listening for the running water. After that, I wanted to perhaps walk over to the island. Surely it would be a bit shallow around the back.
From afar, there appeared to be a shallow path to walk over to the island. Whenever I got close, it got clear there's deep water on the way.
The cow bells were coming down the hill and getting close, so I returned to camp. They wouldn't actually try to cross the creek to camp until someone else had come back. But you never know. It gave me time to sort out what my next trip would be soon enough to get a Trinity Alps Wilderness permit from the local wilderness ranger and fill it out.
The next day, we packed up and hiked out. It was much the same as the hike in except the stock to pack out the group gear didn't appear. That was something that had to be dealt with, and so it was.
*even more photos in the album*
©2023 Valerie Norton
Written 24 Aug 2023
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