Meadow Lake
View of Meadow Lake on May 5th. The snow has melted off early this year.
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Fall Creek
Fall Creek flows out of Meadow Lake and into the New Fork River. This photo was taken on May 5th. The water is running clear and snow is pretty much all gone from the banks and road.
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Early Spring at Meadow Lake
by Pinedale Online!
May 10, 2007
A group of friends went up to make another attempt to check out Meadow Lake last weekend. This time the road was open.
They brought their mountain bikes and checked out the roads and some of the ATV trails. The road in is good, with only a couple of minor wet and soft spots that are easy to get around. The first part of the gravel road is in great condition, smooth going. Further in, the road gets a lot rougher with many rocks and ruts to navigate around. We recommend a high clearance truck for the last stretch, although a sedan can make it if you drive slow and work your way carefully around all the rocks and ruts on the road.
Mosquitos aren't out yet, but ticks are. The water in Fall Creek is running clear and is high enough fishermen shouldn't be snagging on rocks like later in the year. Reports are that caddis flies are starting to hatch on streams in the area.
This area is probably better suited to 4-wheeling than biking, but there is still fun riding to be had. The trails are fairly steep in places, which means a lot of pushing up trail in order to get a few minutes of great riding down.
Photos by Alan Svalberg, Jason Brown, Garrett Bardin and Meghan Delmore
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