Trinity Alps question
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:28 am
We are headed for a 4-5 day trip into Trinity Alps Thursday or Friday. We are debating if it is better to go up Stuart Creek to Emerald Lake area or go in from Big Flat to Caribou Lakes. This is to be a relaxed fishing trip. I read the FS trail report and there was some snow remaining from the last storm but it probably has melted by now. I am leaning towards the Stuart Creek route because I fly fish and my husband uses lures, so we would have both stream and lake fishing. Plus the drainage faces south so may get more sunlight. I also like the idea of hiking along a creek (water supply issues). But Caribou Lakes looks to be a lot more scenic and I could easily walk up Sawtooth Ridge and look down at Emerald Lake. I hear the trail up from Emerald Lake to Sawtooth Ridge is brutal. It is last weekend of hunting season so I also wonder which trip would be less used by hunters.