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Folsom
Lake (Empty) Hike
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Trip Date: 01/22/2014
Distance: 4.6 Miles
Vertical Gain:
200'
Group Size:
1
Hike Rating:
Easy
Moderate
Hard
Strenuous |
GPX for
this trip
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During normal years, the lake
would start just below the trees right here. |
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Hazard float now high and dry.
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Old retaining wall near the
Red Bank area out from under 50 feet of water. |
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Walking toward Red Bank in an
area normally under 30 feet of water. |
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Old dredging piles have
created some interesting canals along the way.
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Patterned stumps across the
water reveal the area of an old orchard.
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View back to the trailhead
from the middle of the lake.
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Water diversion area out from
under the deep lake.
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By the end of my excursion I
must have been getting 'two tired.'
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GPS Track
of the full hike. Probably the strangest ones I've ever seen
for
my adventures. Don't remember seeing the boat, either. |
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