tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659229161342692060.post780107581299522292..comments2024-02-14T23:06:31.469-08:00Comments on Mid Sierra Musings: Hiking The Woodchuck Trail Out Of Wishon ReservoirDale Matsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659229161342692060.post-87542588473773761062022-03-20T15:59:23.120-07:002022-03-20T15:59:23.120-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jim Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513791401010531343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659229161342692060.post-46936566614036216632022-03-20T15:59:22.416-07:002022-03-20T15:59:22.416-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jim Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513791401010531343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659229161342692060.post-76946184913098796062022-03-20T15:59:19.893-07:002022-03-20T15:59:19.893-07:00Thanks for your info. I was just telling my younge...Thanks for your info. I was just telling my youngest son about my first backpacking trip (to Woodchuck in 1977). No electronics (GPS, etc.) in those days, but I do remember it was a long, grueling ~12 hour hike uphill (especially bad with my novice 100 lb. backpack!). Great memories though!Jim Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513791401010531343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659229161342692060.post-7495016845165558772019-05-08T17:31:26.998-07:002019-05-08T17:31:26.998-07:00P.S. Legend has it that the Woodchuck area was nam...P.S. Legend has it that the Woodchuck area was named by Midwesterners who mistook the Marmots for Woodchucks.Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659229161342692060.post-56055487971481019142019-05-08T17:28:18.590-07:002019-05-08T17:28:18.590-07:00Hi Darin,
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/sierra/ho...Hi Darin,<br />https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/sierra/home/?cid=stelprdb5399344 According to the information on the Forest Service website, McKinley Grove Road off Dinkey Creek Rd. is open.The Woodchuck trail crosses Woodchuck Creek but it is a steady climb from the trailhead and I would bet lots of snow before you ever get to the creek. the creek is probably an uncrossable raging torrent right now. The road to Courtright Reservoir off Mckinley Grove Road is still closed. I have only been as far as Balch Camp and Blackrock seemed a bit tricky to get to. By the way, one of the creeks that flow into the North Fork of the Kings is Dinkey Creek. When I wrote this story (2015) there was a lower snowfall year too. Here is a tip for Midwesterners. The mountains make their own weather. (Former Michigander)Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659229161342692060.post-11034995985206031102019-05-08T16:43:59.930-07:002019-05-08T16:43:59.930-07:00Dale, thanks so much for this information. I'm...Dale, thanks so much for this information. I'm looking at heading up to Wishon this weekend (may 11-12). Do you expect snow to still be lingering around then? Will the streams be flowing too strongly for fly fishing? I'm new to the area so trying to figure out the mountain climate (lived in Chicago my whole life). I hit up Blackrock Reservoir last weekend; no snow perfect weather, but NF of Kings was flowing way too hard to try to fish it.<br />Thanks again!!<br />-DarinDarin Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315457087874769458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2659229161342692060.post-24222743835000824932019-04-19T05:06:45.664-07:002019-04-19T05:06:45.664-07:00Thanks Jessica. Seems like there would be snow on ...Thanks Jessica. Seems like there would be snow on the trail yet. I guess the seasonal gate in Dinkey Creek across McKinley Grove Road is open now too.Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.com