From the Sno-park, turn left onto Meadow Creek
Road (what the Forest Service calls Route 3) for 200 yards until
an intersection with Route 1C. Turn left and experience the thrill
– or terror, if it is icy – of a twisting, screaming,
albeit short ride down to the elevation of Fish Lake. From here,
the trail loops counter-clockwise around the lake.
The ride throught the trees and then next to the lake is surprisingly
beautiful. If it was on the East Coast they would have made a
freaking national park out of this route. As it is, it is a marginal
little trail in the Fish Lake ASS system. It is marginal because
it gets a lot of early snowmobile traffic and, at a lower elevation,
does not get a lot of snow cover. In addition, you pass through
a fishing lodge site (which is closed in the winter).
You cannot circle the lake unless you want to cross a road, so
go as far as the groomed trail will take you on the gentle ups
and downs, mostly through forest but with views to your left across
the lake. A good turnaround point is the Air Strip Sno-park (see
the Flight Tower below). Turn around, click your heels, and return
home.
The flight tower at the Lake Wenatchee airstrip.
I am not making this up. |
