{"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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51606857661_34a0b18a20_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51607073618_8a92cb1620_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51606855221_96e707b1db_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51607509839_358549765a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51607765985_b969f0cd76_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51606054042_7cb1f26ec0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51607568074_05ccdc35ec_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51609727852_b9abce2335_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51609767297_efbc4de3b0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51610581166_f7a93a3330_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51614401796_c036614725_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51613566242_a07f9b083a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jubilee Lake\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 car. 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":[],"categories":[159,218],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110"}],"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}]}}