Jonathan Montgomery

Jonathan Montgomery

Jennie Lake Trail

10/06/15

I would highly recommend visiting Jennie Lake. A friend camped at the trailhead on a Friday night day hiked the trail the next morning, at the end of September 2015. The lake itself was great, tucked in to some beautiful scenery with granite walls and high mountain vegetation. While at the lake I did a little catch and release fly fishing. Using cinnimon ants, I caught two surprisingly large 14" Cutthroats. The trail follows Bear Creek which offers some shade in the morning hours as well as photo-ops and water for the dogs (if you bring them along). We did run into some hikers on the way out and I think the trail is more popular than I initally thought, due to the abundance of camp sites at the lake itself. The trail is closer to 5 miles one way and has about 2,700' of accumulated elevation gain, most of which is headed to the lake. I used my Garmin to track the journey and you can see the data here: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/911581475

4.0