BrettCottrell
Brett Cottrell
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August, 2012
The Grassy Mountains are on the western side of the Salmon River Mountains, northwest of McCall, Idaho, and south of the Salmon River. The trailheads are about a 30 minute drive from McCall on a good dirt road, and most lakes are less than five miles in, and they’re almost all pretty easy hikes.
Last August, I made a day hike to Upper Hazard Lake and Hard Trail Creek Lake. You start out at a trailhead .25 mile below the Hazard Lake campground, and follow a large meadow for the first mile and a half and then climb a small (200 ft.) ridge before arriving at Upper Hazard Lake (2 miles). It's a pretty lake at the base of granite Bruin Mountain.
Follow the trail from there southwest about .75 of a mile and you’ll be at Hard Trail Creek Lake. There are a few campsites, but they’re rough.
This day was really smoky. There were some serious fires to the west or Cheech and Chong were filming a movie. Who can say? As the pictures show, this area was heavily burned about 15 years ago.It’s making a nice comeback, the flowers were incredible.
The fishing’s a gamble at these two lakes. I always try, and sometimes get some nice brookies, but more often than not just a few nibbles. So, when the fishing’s slow, I do what any reasonable person would do. Jump in the lake.
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The Grassy Mountains are on the western side of the Salmon River Mountains, northwest of McCall, Idaho, and south of the Salmon River. The trailheads are about a 30 minute drive from McCall on a good dirt road, and most lakes are less than five miles in, and they’re almost all pretty easy hikes.
Last August, I made a day hike to Upper Hazard Lake and Hard Trail Creek Lake. You start out at a trailhead .25 mile below the Hazard Lake campground, and follow a large meadow for the first mile and a half and then climb a small (200 ft.) ridge before arriving at Upper Hazard Lake (2 miles). It's a pretty lake at the base of granite Bruin Mountain.
Follow the trail from there southwest about .75 of a mile and you’ll be at Hard Trail Creek Lake. There are a few campsites, but they’re rough.
This day was really smoky. There were some serious fires to the west or Cheech and Chong were filming a movie. Who can say? As the pictures show, this area was heavily burned about 15 years ago.It’s making a nice comeback, the flowers were incredible.
The fishing’s a gamble at these two lakes. I always try, and sometimes get some nice brookies, but more often than not just a few nibbles. So, when the fishing’s slow, I do what any reasonable person would do. Jump in the lake.
[picasa=5s]https://picasaweb.google.com/bsubrett/Haz#slideshow/5848724936816374802[/picasa]
Featured image for home page:
Enjoyed the captions on your photos, and, of course, Tico is pretty awesome. :twothumbs:
