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Duane: This lake is the good trout fishing all the time. Try power bait or a worm and a marshmellow green or yellow.
Beautiful! That is all that needs to be said! No photo shop to this picture this is all natural. Taken 2007 mid summer.
- Heidi B.
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Mosquito Lake is a beautiful lake in the Northern Sierra Nevada. This lake is so wonderful. Heiser Lake is a wonderful lake near Mosquito Lake, and paddling on Mokelumne River - North Fork is so much fun. Yep, outdoors amusing things truly is plentiful here in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Near Mosquito Lake you stumble on the Charity Valley Trail which is a great hiking trail, and Pacific Grade Summit is a peak you can spot from Mosquito Lake. There's no way
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| | anyone can get bored here in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Marshall Canyon is in the neighborhood of Mosquito Lake and is undeniably a splendid location to go to, and the Pacific Crest Trail - section 13 is a wonderful hiking trail close by. Man, is there a heap of cool stuff to do close to Mosquito Lake. There's so much to do here at Mosquito Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Pacific Valley Campground is a brilliant location for that, and you can | |
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hit the slopes at Kirkwood around here. This lake is so wonderful. A stunning lake like Bull Run Lake near Mosquito Lake is a fine place to visit; a quick tour to Deer Creek is undeniably a good idea. The high level of precipitation
makes Mosquito Lake a relatively wet place; during January this area sees the most snow, and July is the month with the least moisture. You'll need more than a day to discover everything Mosquito Lake has to offer, you can camp at
Mosquito Lakes Campground; if the weather is perfect, you can go for a hike along the Emigrant Trail. Dry warm beds await you at The Mountain Club; there's no such thing as a bad day of skiing at close by Bear Valley. Pacific
Valley is a brilliant location to check out; get dripping wet paddling on Stanislaus River - Middle Fork. During the summer here at Mosquito Lake, high temperatures usually get into the 70's with nighttime lows in the 40's. Highs
through the winter are frequently in the 30's; during the dark hours in the wintertime at Mosquito Lake temperatures sink to the 10's. If only every place had this much outdoors amusing things, what a great globe it would be. If you need a place to stay The Meadow is a great choice.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 38.51556 Longitude: -119.9117
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| | Hiking Trails Near Mosquito Lake:
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Emigrant Trail, Alpine County, 8 miles away 1.2 hiking miles, 463 feet elevation difference |
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Bear Valley, California, 9 miles away 1900 vertical feet |
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Kirkwood, California, 13 miles away 2000 vertical feet |
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Dodge Ridge, California, 18 miles away 1600 vertical feet |
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Mokelumne River - North Fork, Alpine/ Amador/ Calaveras CountyCounty, 10 miles away Class V+ - 24.9 miles long (Route 4 Bridge to Salt Springs Reservoir) |
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Carson River - East Fork, Alpine CountyCounty, 14 miles away Class II - 20 miles long (Hangman's Bridge to Gardnerville) |
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Wheeler Lake
 | ...aving from the woodchuck trailhead. Had the whole lake to ourselves all afternoon. Perfect for a swi... |
Frog Lake
 | ... around the time of the full Aug moon, maybe even bark at the moon. haven't been there for 25 years!... |
Utica Reservoir
 | 1 PHOTO ... not stocking in 2009. Lake is lowered most years for power generation. Several Islands to camp on... |
Spicer Meadow Reservoir
 | Bears. Lots of bears. Lots of bears who are not afraid of people. I wouldn't clean your catch right ... |
Burgson Lake
 | 1 PHOTO ... six miles round trip. On a scale of 1 to 5, we rate this hike a 3. 5 for difficulty. Enjoyed the hi... |
Bear Valley
 | Lots of really great runs, too many to name. I go here as often as I have a chance.... |
Pacific Crest Trail - section 13
 | ...eak is trailless, meaning a portion or all of the route up the mountain is via an unmarked trail. F... |
Clark Fork Campground
 | 10 miles away ...y week. There are plenty of nice side creeks such as Cloudburst and Arnot that are good fishing too... |
Round Top Lake
 | 10 miles away ... Round Top Lake tell an interesting story about the climate history of the Northern Sierra. Read abo... |
Woods Lake
 | 11 miles away ...ak season, but on an off-day, it is a great place to find peace and quiet. Good fishing, photography... |
Kirkwood
 | 12 miles away 10 PHOTOS ...ntry education program, Kirkwood offers skiers and riders the opportunity to push their skills to le... |
Sand Flat Campground
 | 13 miles away ...' list. The road down is pretty rough. My explorer handled it with zero problem. I ran it in 2wd mod... |
Turtle Rock Campgrounds
 | 13 miles away 1 PHOTO |
Round Lake
 | 14 miles away ...ery high altitude locations, offers better campsites. The lake contains one species of trout, the La... |
Herring Creek Reservoir
 | 14 miles away As of this year Fish & Game wont be planting the rez... Oh well there'se always Pinecrest.... |
Bear River Lake Resort
 | 17 miles away ...ahoe. We stayed here and everyone was helpful. The continental breakfast was great. And you have ... |
Dodge Ridge
 | 17 miles away ...r resorts. They have a great all-day ski school program. They recently put in a new lodge, now all t... |
Sierra at Tahoe
 | 21 miles away 3 PHOTOS ...k Crew keeps the box and rail lines fresh and the take-offs and landings manicured. Our 18-foot Zaug... |
Heavenly
 | 22 miles away 4 PHOTOS ...n, there's a veritable Pandora's Box of choices and temptations. On-mountain exhilaration yields to ... |
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