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Where is it:       The Sierra National Forest near Shaver Lake
310 miles 6 hours from so cal; go to Fresno and make a right turn into the mountains

When start:       8:00am Thursday August 11, 2005

Where start:      Courtright reservoir
                       

When finish:      Saturday evening August 13^th

Where finish:     Kaiser Pass near Shaver Lake

Guide:              Off Road Adventures April 2005 magazine available at 4-wheel parts stores free

Links:

http://www.off-road.com/4x4web/travels/dusy.html 

http://www.californiajeeper.com/dusy_ershim/review.htm

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sierra/publications/pdfs/rogs/dusytrail.pdf

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sierra/recreation/lakes/courtrightlake/index.shtml

camping: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sierra/recreation/camping/allcamps.shtml

Highlights:         High Sierra Mountains           Rocks        Alpine lakes         Trout fishing

There are other trails in the area such as swamp lake trail is there any interest in trying other trails in the area before or after the Dusy Ershim Trail?

Camping and hotel accommodations the night before at Courtright Reservoir or in Shaver Lake.  I will get actual locations and phone numbers as we get closer.

Sierra National Forest Ranger Station
1600 Tollhouse Road Clovis, CA 93611 (559) 297-0706

ranger station in Shaver Lake 209 841 3311

For More Information

For more information contact the High Sierra Ranger station at 559-855-5360, or during the summer you can contact the Dinkey Creek Visitor Information Station at 559-841-3404.

OHV areas in the Sierra Forest: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sierra/recreation/activities/ohv.shtml

Sierra Forest home page: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sierra/

2 nights of tent camping in the great outdoors. Bring food, water, and 2 pieces of firewood for 2-nights of tent camping. The first day is the longest stretch I hope to camp at the top of Thompson Hill near Thompson Lake.

33inch tires and lockers are required this has some very difficult areas.

we are leaving on a week day to avoid the weekend rif raf from the Fresno area.

Getting there:

Out of Fresno and through Clovis head East

take hwy 168 and before Shaver Lake

turn right on to Dinky Creek Road

stay straight on to McKinley Grove Road at

Courtright Road turn left to Courtright Reservoir.

Cross the dam on the east side of the Lake and stay on the road to the Dusy-Ershim trail.

I believe there is a good meeting area before the dam. So look for us before the dam.

GPS coordinates:

Start Courtright Reservoir elevation 8221’ N37 04.30 W118 58.30

Thompson Lake N37 12.07 W118 57.31

East Lake elevation 9544’ n37 10.41 w119 01.37

Ershim Lake elevation 9383’ n37 12.49 w119 03.23

Finish Kaiser Pass elevation 9210 n37 17.27 w119 06.07

The Dinkey Lakes Wilderness lies southeast of Huntington Lake, northwest of Courtright Reservoir. Most of it is above 8,000 feet. Sixteen lakes are clustered in the west-central region of the wilderness.

The John Muir Wilderness covers 584,000 acres in the Sierra and Inyo national forests. Elevations range from 4,000 feet to 14,496 feet at Mt. Whitney, and many peaks are above 13,000 feet.

The Kaiser Wilderness is located immediately north of Huntington Lake, about 70 miles northeast of Fresno. The southern half of the wilderness area is characterized by dense Red Fir and Jeffery Pine forests that extend up the gradual south slope of Kaiser Ridge. The top of the ridge is in the alpine zone. This northern region contains 18 small lakes.