{"id":3253,"date":"2020-07-13T19:27:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T19:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=3253"},"modified":"2020-08-24T14:36:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T14:36:35","slug":"babyfoot-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2020\/07\/13\/babyfoot-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Babyfoot Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, July 1, 2020<\/p>\n<p>On our way to <a href=\"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2020\/07\/10\/bolan-mountain\/\">stay at Bolan Mountain lookout<\/a> for a long 4th of July weekend we made a detour up Road 4201 to the Babyfoot Lake Trailhead.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50085542811_40d1c45310_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The views from the trailhead were pretty great. We could see north to Pearsoll Peak, with its old fire lookout:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50085776747_8d708fcabe_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50087280647_497c58c7b4_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking west into the Kalmiopsis Wilderness from the trailhead:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50085776052_5c96bed4e0_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We set off down the trail, passing through an area that was logged after the 2002 Biscuit Fire, even though it lies within the protected Babyfoot Lake Botanical Area. The Forest Service had mis-marked the boundary of a salvage operation known as the Fiddler Timber Sale and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokesman.com\/stories\/2005\/aug\/25\/rare-trees-were-logged-by-mistake-forest-service\/\">mistakenly included trees<\/a> that were inside the botanical area, which the logger subsequently cut down:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50084957008_0719b88917_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50086464108_7f1613ec8e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back at the trailhead:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50084956188_fde5e3559f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We left the clearcut behind and entered a forest of snags still standing 18 years after the fire:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50085773022_de705ce884_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After 0.2 miles we reached a junction where we went right, and continued descending to the lake:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50084954528_873bd4dd78_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50084953898_a9a44462a2_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50084952978_a48455df6b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50085535276_b1cca97491_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50085533481_89ef474a84_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This rocky area to the right of the trail had good views:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50084948633_bfd4fa488d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We saw signs of recent trail work:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50087166627_9b4c2844b9_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we reached Babyfoot Lake, where some trees survived the fire:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50084951523_74f7cb3548_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50087172807_9a9edb6698_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50086350958_904b67c05e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50086350143_b65a26f120_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50087170102_0f8f4dcb15_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Azaleas were blooming:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50086351708_b29e94ef3a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We rested in the shade of the unburned trees for awhile, enjoying the peaceful lake. Then we hiking back out:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50086348038_721b27f618_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the junction we took the other fork and headed steeply uphill to the rim:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50086932261_37bb7533bf_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50087163522_4965538874_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We reached a rocky outcropping with a good view, which we made our turnaround point:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50087282342_221f639306_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50087056021_a8cb727f31_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50087288377_3b741a9079_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking north to Pearsoll Peak:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50087287437_f12950fb68_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50087286537_c8cdb5a170_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back towards the trailhead:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50087285672_9c8e116ba7_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking south:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50087051341_885d7d83db_b.jpg\" alt=\"Babyfoot Lake Hike\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We still had a 90 minute drive to the lookout, so we didn&#8217;t linger long and headed back to the car. We only saw two other hikes here on this Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Gaia stats: 4 miles, 650&#8242; elevation gain<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hiking to Babyfoot Lake\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P03fp9wJmdI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, July 1, 2020 On our way to stay at Bolan Mountain lookout for a long 4th of July weekend<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2020\/07\/13\/babyfoot-lake\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Babyfoot Lake<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oregon","category-rogue-river-siskiyou-national-forest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3253"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3441,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253\/revisions\/3441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}