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ride in the southern part of Copper Basin. The highlights are quite
alpine scenery with jagged peaks and several quite large lakes. The
trail was designed for motorcycles in the 80s, now also allows ATVs.
So, it is a bit eroded, but not too much. Riding was still quite nice.
And, due to the fact that I did the ride on Monday morning, I met only
one Forest Service ATV on the whole trail. Weekends get probably
busier, but, I still would not expect more than dozen ATVs in the whole
day. The trail starts at a semi-developed trailhead right off the
Copper Basin loop road. There are several picnic tables and a water
pump. The ATV track climbs up the valley, occasionally crossing small
streams on bridges or wooden platform. The upper part of the trail is a
loop, that I recommend to do counterclockwise. It first clims vicious
250 vertical meters to a junction, go right to first several lakes, of
which Big Lake is the largest. Then back to the junction, up and down
to Rough Lake, then Long Lake and finally Round Lake (there are short
spurs towards and around each lake). After that follows descent down
the canyon all the way to the trailhead. I was very pleased with this
trail, it was a perfect end of a perfect weekend. |
Lake Creek Trail
