Woods Lake Hiking Loop

[rusty_tlc]

In a bold departure from tradition I actually got out of the Cruiser and walked around a little bit last weekend.
Woods Lake is located a couple of miles past Carson Pass on 89. The loop trail starts near Woods Lake climbs 1100' to Round Top Lake then, after a 1 mile traverse to Winnemucca Lake, descends back to its starting point. The whole loop is about 6 miles.


Here are a few pictures in a somewhat random order.

 

[rusty_tlc]

This was kind of cool, it's near the end of the trail.

 

[rusty_tlc]

We found a mechanics special, I think you could get a sweet deal on this baby

Part of the old mines road bed. Just past the dry stack wall the road is missing for about 25'

This is where the road crossed the stream

 

[rusty_tlc]

A couple more random shots

Some kind of water intake, there was a very deep hole under that grate

This was the foundation for some kind of building

 

[spressomon]

Nice photos Dan...er I mean Joanne

 

[rusty_tlc]

Nice photos Dan...er I mean Joanne

Actually those were taken with my crappy little Nikon coolpix, Joanne was using her DSLR. She has some really nice shots. BTW thanks

 

[primer7]

That's a pretty decent grade up to the top, fair amount of elevation gain.

 

[DiscoveredLC]

Cool pics Dan. Looks like a really cool place for a day hike for sure. Its crazy how similar a few of those pictures are to the ones I have of Liberty, Favre, and Castle lake up on the north end of the Ruby Mountains. Castle lake is at the base of a HUGE rock cliff exactly like those pictures you took.

 

[chicago]

Nice!
Did you grab that piece of plate steel!? That could come in handy.

 

[locrwln1]

Nice pics. We didn't hike as much this year as we did last year. Going to have to rectify that.

Jack

 

[450 DUDE]

Cool pics!