Mid Sierra Musings: Day Trip From Fresno CA To Huntington Lake 2019

Dale Matson

We had a partly sunny day today and I thought it would be fun to grab the camera and head up there. That is one of the beauties of living in Fresno. You can be in Huntington Lake in 90 minutes on good pavement. The major change is based on the elevation change, not the distance. Fresno is about 300’ and Huntington Lake is about 7,000’ in elevation.

Right now, we are about an inch of rain above normal for the season (8) and 150 percent above normal snowfall in the Sierra Nevada. The creeks are flowing and the one along Auberry Rd. as you travel northeast is just dandy. I also stopped at Shaver Lake (5,500’) for a couple of photos, Tamarack Snow Park (7,500’), Big Creek and the Lakeshore area of Huntington Lake. Huntington Lake is frozen over.

I also took a trip out of Shaver Lake to Dinkey Creek. That is as far as the road is plowed. In the Summer, you can go from there to the McKinley Grove of Giant Sequoias, Courtright Reservoir and Wishon Reservoir.

I took these photos with my Leica Q 28mm 1.7 lens.