Silver Lake Is Looking Golden
Silver Lake near Meadow Valley looks nothing like its surrounding landscape. Plumas County is a forested place with bigleaf maple, mountain ash, aspen and lots of conifers.
Though Silver Lake, (see above) looks like it might better fit, tucked away in one of the granite canyons of the Eastern Sierra. That’s partly because the lake sits just below the Pacific Crest Trail, north of Spanish Peak. So, it is truly part of the High Sierra, even though classified as within the Shasta Cascade region.
Color spotter Michael Beatley scores a First Report for Silver Lake by sending the images he took this morning. He drove upon a USFS dirt road, that he describes as “well maintained” and “accessible by car,” six miles from Bucks Lake Rd. to Silver Lake.
USFS road to Silver Lake (10/3/19) Michael Beatley 
Mountain Ash, Silver Lake (10/3/19) Michael Beatley
Beatley says the deciduous trees and plants have yet to show much color, though the warm morning light reflecting off the conifers in the top photo made it appear that they are changing, though they aren’t.
- Silver Lake (7,200′) – Just Starting (0-10%)
