[pct-l] Lake Levels VVR/Lake Thomas Edison

[Ken Marlow]

2007 was a low year for the lake and I was curious if it was back up. In '07, one could walk about half the lake's length or more on its dry bottom. There's also the trail mentioned on the north side well above high lake level, on a ridge, that we've taken a couple times,  but the roller coaster ascent and descents and sandy tread make it a bit frustrating (the water taxi is definately the way to go). The trail goes past a large campground just before arriving at VVR. In 2007, we followed the lake bottom and then followed equestrian tracks that (sadly) made a volunteer trail up to that north side trail. As it turned-out, Bill was still running the water taxi, at a discounted rate. We took it back out.

Attached is a link of how it looked in 2007, in case you didn't catch it the first time (three pictures in that album):
https://picasaweb.google.com/109147781342813813792


On Jan 30, 2011, at 1:47 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes wrote:

> I'm having trouble figuring out what you are asking. I hiked the  
> trail to VVR in August last summer. It did not look possible to hike  
> along the lake shore at all. There was a nice beach at VVR and at the  
> ferry landing but no bathtub ring of beach all the way around the lake.
> On Jan 30, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>> Anyone know what the lake levels we're like last summer, or when  
>> So. Cal was getting all the rains this fall (or was it snowing  
>> there then). Previous recent years has been a walk across a lake  
>> bottom most of the way, or following that roller coaster trail on  
>> the north side of the lake. VVR site has lake levels as '???'
>> -Ken M (C. of '82)
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Pct-L mailing list
> Pct-L at backcountry.net
> To unsubcribe, or change options visit:
> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
> 
> List Archives:
> http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/