Downey Lake
Downey and Sanford Lakes are nice ways to spend the day and avoid most of the crowds. Yet you're only about a mile from the Trailhead or the Grouse Ridge Campground.
Access via steep, non- maintained trails scrambling down from the Grouse Ridge Trail...
...for me the fishing and catching was more challenging than the uphill climb back...
DESCRIPTION:
Both the fishing for rainbow and hiking out offer challenges although for me the fishing and catching was more challenging than the uphill climb back to the campground.
| Elevation | Surface (Acre Feet) | Max Depth (Limited Fish) |
County | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Summer | |||
| 6600 feet (Usually freezes over) |
15.0 | 10.2 | 40 feet (No, Over 10 feet) |
Nevada |
| Management | Planting Frequency | Last Year Planted | Adult Sizes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural evolution | Several times during summer | 2005 |
DIRECTIONS:
To Downey Lake
Access via steep, non-maintained trails scrambling down from the Grouse Ridge Trail below (north) of the Grouse Ridge Campground. In 2002 there was a sign post with handwritten name marking the take-off to both Downey and Sanford Lakes. See Grouse Ridge Map.
ACTIVITIES:
Fishing (Rating: Good)
Good shorline fishing. Rocky.
Species
- Brook Trout
- Rainbow Trout
