Pansy Lake Explorations

Rob · 2015-08-30T15:20:16Z

Went up to Pansy Lake to explore the old mine(s) and see what else we could find. I had some notes from a long time ago talking about an "old horse camp area". We didn't have much luck finding that - I think we may have found the old watering hole, but no remnants of a horse camp. We did find at least one old mine: And also an old generator near the mine - I'm amazed they actually lugged this beast in here! We also found the old trail that used to go north to Bagby - we followed it a little ways, but following it farther would be left for another day. Here is what I think was the old "watering hole" for the horses: Does anyone know if that indeed was the old watering hole and is the "pasture" the area around it? Or was it somewhere else? We also headed down the Motherlode trail and explored an un-named lake above the trail in a little bowl. It was in some of the burned area - bit of a rough bushwhack, but was interesting once we got up there: It was also interesting that almost all the creek crossings were completely dry - even the Motherlode creek crossing. A couple of the crossings on Pansy Lake had a trickle in them. The weather wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting - I was expecting some high winds and a fair amount of rain. We had almost no rain - just a bit of misting - and most of the day it was calm. Occasionally we would get a gust of wind, but then it would calm down again. It was interesting to see the burned area and how it is starting to recover a bit. A beautiful corner of the district.