Circumnavigating Pinecrest Lake

As part of a clue retrieval in an annual geocaching puzzle solving activity, Karen and I joined a group of friends at Pinecrest Lake. Our first order of business was to retrieve the clue we needed up a steep hill to a rocky outcropping. We started up the hill a couple of hundred yards before being directly under it, and quickly found a water line with a trail leading almost directly to it. Next up was a nearby cache which was a bit more of a rock scramble. With such a picturesque viewpoint, we decided to have lunch.

We continued on around the lake, picking up the geocaches along the way. At the far end of the lake, the rest of the group decided to hike on up the creek to Cleo’s Bath, but Karen and I elected to sit and listen to the creek sounds, given that we’d hiked a fair distance the day before. We got a little bored waiting.

We finished the hike around the lake, finding another couple of geocaches, and then stopped for pizza dinner at a nondescript place in Mi-Wuk Village.

—Links
—Pinecrest Lake hike photo gallery
—Everytrail GPS track for Pinecrest Lake hike