{"id":4110,"date":"2021-11-22T16:32:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T16:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=4110"},"modified":"2021-11-23T16:43:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T16:43:27","slug":"jubilee-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2021\/11\/22\/jubilee-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Jubilee Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, October 15, 2021<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While staying at the <a href=\"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2021\/11\/11\/fry-meadow-guard-station\/\">Fry Meadow Guard Station<\/a> I did a few hikes. The first of those was Jubilee Lake. The hike starts at the boat ramp in the campground, however Forest Service staff were there that day closing up the campground so I had to park outside the gate on the access road and hike down. Yes, that is snow in the photo below. It had snowed the previous week and although today was precipitation-free it was a chilly 37 degrees at 10:45:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51607708755_2942b05edc_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake Campground\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Does the Forest Service honestly think that campers read everything on this signboard in the campground?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51607485779_2c9c9a275e_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake Campground\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a nice campground map. I had to park along the road off the left edge of the map:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51607484664_c523bbcff7_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake Campground\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Snow in the campground:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51607045133_33e4a5451a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake Campground\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This sign explains how Jubilee Lake came to be in the 1960s:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51607483569_39454ae103_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jubilee Lake from the boat ramp:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51607736835_6c84587039_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I set off on the path heading clockwise around the lake. There were some nice colorful larch trees scattered through the forest:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51606857661_34a0b18a20_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51607073618_8a92cb1620_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51606855221_96e707b1db_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51606022882_8851fb7b27_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was a bit of snow on the path:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51607509839_358549765a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51607068883_016a61d803_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some clouds started rolling in:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51607765985_b969f0cd76_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51606054042_7cb1f26ec0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51607782755_ea85fe1c60_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At one point this summer someone constructed this shelter but neglected to take it down when they were done:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51606909596_c07d058780_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Instead of placing this bench with a view of the lake it was placed with a view of tree trunks:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51607563954_97969cae71_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An old gated road connects with the path on the far side of the lake:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51607568074_05ccdc35ec_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51606079682_c38aa93852_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is where Mottet Creek flows into the lake at it&#8217;s eastern arm:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51606339352_e8d4033341_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By the dam at the south end of the lake was a very nice patch of larches:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51609727852_b9abce2335_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51610554476_11e2c8066f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More larches!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51610818408_746cda7da3_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Crossing the dam:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51609767297_efbc4de3b0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51611477660_f56e5a9782_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mottet Creek flowing out of Jubilee Lake at the dam:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51610813373_87c7417a19_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The dam spillway:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51609764947_51917a785b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Footbridge over the spillway:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51610582301_3f88032c05_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back at the dam:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51610581166_f7a93a3330_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51610808498_cc2b5277ee_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continuing on around the lake:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51614401796_c036614725_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51613566242_a07f9b083a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51614419476_26ae655d28_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then I reached the boat ramp where I started my hike and trekked back up the access road to my 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This was so easy it was barely a hike, but it was a very enjoyable outing a beautiful day!<\/p>\n<p>Gaia stats: 4.3 miles, 230&#8242; elevation gain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, October 15, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oregon","category-umatilla-national-forest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4110"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4143,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110\/revisions\/4143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}