It was cold up in those mountains, 24 degrees Fahrenheit. We knew that it was last day for the road to be open, so we didn’t expect a lot of traffic. The parking lots around Wrights Lake were sparsely populated, we guessed they were mostly backpackers because there was frost on most of the vehicles. The first part of the path was going past Dark Lake, which was calm and serene.
Then we reached the Barrett Lake Jeep Trail entrance and everything changed.
We had to watch our step among all the loose rocks while simultaneously listening for OHVs. I must say that parts of it were flat without obstacles.
As we maneuvered along, I found it difficult to believe that ANY vehicles could drive through some of this terrain.
We made it to a bridge built by the Hi-Landers 4WD Club over the Jones Fork Silver Creek. Very pretty views.
Then we had our first encounter with an OHV. There were two vehicles driving in tandem and they stopped to chat with us for a few minutes. Super friendly guys and not at all what I was expecting (to be honest, I thought they’d be annoyed that we were hiking on an OHV road, but I was wrong!).
After that, the terrain was basically the same and the path was uphill, downhill and difficult to navigate at times.
We stopped to eat about a mile from lake and decided to turn around because it was so dusty and kind of difficult to move through on foot. In fact, I took a tumble on the hike back which left a gash in my leg that necessitated the medical kit. A lot of blood.
On the return, we detoured to Beauty Lake for a change of scenery and terrain.
And then back to the parking lot. Another find day!
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