Already February and I hadn’t gone on a single snowshoe this yr. It was time to repair that drawback with an journey in Fish Camp however what would the snow be like?
The place: Sierra Nationwide Forest
Distance: 3.64 miles, however you’ll be able to stroll a lot farther or shorter if you want
Issue: Simple to Reasonable, relying on the depth of latest snow
Elevation Vary: 5,097′ – 5,285′
Date: February 10, 2021
CALTOPO: Tenaya Lodge Up Jackson Road
Canine Hike? Sure
My authentic plan was to snowshoe at Badger Go which was re-opening on today. It wouldn’t be absolutely open however Glacier Level Highway can be divulge heart’s contents to Badger Go for parking, which might get me near all types of adventures. However Freeway 41 didn’t reopen to coincide with this, so I got here up with a Plan B. The Tenaya Lodge had simply reopened a few of its services and that meant that the parking tons have been plowed. I headed as much as these parking tons and once I park in these tons, I all the time park away from the principle areas the place individuals park.
It was 33 levels once I received out of the automotive and walked up towards the Tenaya Lodge, then down by the valet parking space, then took the service street all the way down to Jackson Highway. Typically I park proper off of Jackson Highway simply earlier than the Tenaya Lodge entrance, ensuring I don’t block any visitors. There are often a few vast spots earlier than the Jackson Highway gate however since there was a lot snow, I wasn’t certain if these can be plowed but and that’s the principal cause I parked at Tenaya Lodge. BTW, there’s additionally one other good cause as a result of when Tenaya is open, you will get an excellent cup of scorching chocolate there after you end snowshoeing.
I put my snowshoes on close to the gate on Jackson Highway and headed on up. A tracked snow automobile had gone up beforehand, laying down a principally packed monitor for me to comply with. Some individuals had additionally walked up this manner, leaving some deep postholes the place that they had sunk within the snow. That should not have been a lot enjoyable. It was enjoyable to observe the solar rise over the snowy hill and peek by the timber although.
There have been fairly a couple of small down timber and huge limbs on the street. The current Mono Wind Storm had taken down so many timber and branches however these had fallen after that. I used to be in a position to navigate over or round them although.
Despite the fact that it was a cloudy morning, it was quiet and peaceable as I walked up the street . . . apart from my crunch, crunch, crunch of my snowshoes on the snow. I used to be quickly strolling by the burned space from 2017’s Railroad Hearth that devastated 12,047 acres.
It wasn’t lengthy earlier than I quickly reached the Yosemite Trails Pack Station.
I took a fast break to go searching and observed one thing misplaced. How so very unhappy.
I continued on, previous the cattle chute coated with snow. There’s a path that heads as much as the left of that cattle chute however nobody had damaged path up it so I stayed on the street.
Strolling across the closed gate, I continued up the street.
I quickly encountered extra down timber and limbs, however nothing I couldn’t get round or over.
I quickly reached a spot that felt a bit of iffy to me since I used to be on my own. I might see that the snow had slumped off the uncovered hill and it might be a bit of unstable on that hill. I had hoped to get to the outdated corrals for lunch however since I used to be on my own, I made a decision to show round.
And the neat factor was that on the best way again, the clouds began clearing and blue sky appeared.
It was a really fairly stroll again.
I didn’t meet anybody on the path. It was a brief however enjoyable little snowshoe and I ought to have introduced a canine or two with me. They’d have beloved it!
Regardless of the season, there are a couple of choices for heading out Jackson Highway. It’s shut by and within the fall, these oaks flip lovely colours. Within the spring, the dogwoods placed on their present. You possibly can select to proceed as much as the place Chinese language Ditch and Massive Creek meet and there’s a small waterfall. You may as well stroll farther up Massive Sandy Highway, even as much as the Nelder Grove, if you want. Plenty of potentialities on this filth street!
Canine Hike? Sure
Listed here are the Sierra Nationwide Forest guidelines for pets from their web site:
Home pets are allowed in wilderness areas. You’re accountable for their actions in addition to their welfare. Pets ought to both be leashed or underneath direct voice management. When tenting in areas with different guests, pets ought to be stored on a leash. Wilderness customer’s who plan to journey into an adjoining Nationwide Park ought to be conscious that Nationwide Parks don’t allow pets.
When in campgrounds, public seashores or on trails native ordinances require pets to be leashed. As a consideration to others, please chorus from taking pets to seashore areas to forestall contamination. Home pets are allowed in wilderness areas. You’re accountable for their actions in addition to their welfare. Pets ought to both be leashed or underneath direct voice management. When tenting in areas with different guests, pets ought to be stored on a leash. Wilderness customer’s who plan to journey into an adjoining Nationwide Park ought to be conscious that Nationwide Parks don’t allow pets.
- Clear up after your pet. It would solely take a couple of minutes and there’s no single motion that can extra favorably impress your fellow campers.
Doarama:
What’s a Doarama? It’s a video playback of the GPS monitor overlaid on a 3 dimensional interactive map. In the event you “seize” the map, you’ll be able to tilt it or spin it and have a look at it from completely different viewing angles. With the rabbit and turtle buttons, you can even velocity it up, sluggish it down or pause it.
Tenaya Lodge Up Jackson Road Snowshoe Doarama
Map and Profile:
CALTOPO has some free choices for mapping and here’s a hyperlink to my hike this week overlayed on the 1883 Topographic Map: CALTOPO: Tenaya Lodge Up Jackson Road
Sources:
Johnston, Hank, Thunder within the Mountains The Life and Occasions of the Madera Sugar Pine Firm, (Fish Camp, Stauffer Publishing, Fish Camp, 1995)
Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad
Negley, Brenda L., Nelder Grove of Big Sequoia: A Grandaughter’s Tales, (Baltimore, Otter Bay Books, 2016)
Historical Preservation in Fish Camp Area
Putnam, Jim, Favourite Hikes of the Sierra Mountain climbing Seniors, July 2010
Prior Blogs within the Space:
Walking Up a Dirt Road With Fannie: Jackson Road to 5S18 Through the Burned Trees December 9, 2020
Snowshoeing from Tenaya Lodge to Chinese Ditch February 12, 2019
Snowshoeing From Fish Camp with Sally and Raven January 31, 2017
Snowshoe Adventure with Sally and Raven at Fish Camp November 17, 2015
