Trip
Backpack - Wallace & Jay Lakes
Enjoy an early season backpacking trip to Jay Lake at Wallace Falls State Park. Low elevation camp with great solitude.
Contacts
- Sat, Apr 3, 2021 — Sun, Apr 4, 2021
- Foothills Backpacking Committee
- Backpacking
- Adults
- Moderate
- Moderate
- Mileage: 12.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 1,700 ft
- High Point Elevation: 1,900 ft
- Pace: 1.5 - 2.0 mph
- FULL (4 capacity)
- Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 12:00 PM
- Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
- iCal Google
The place is reserved and allows for only one party, so solitude is almost guaranteed.
There's a compostable toilet, and it is sheltered; No cat-holing in the rain!
If conditions allow, we may walk/wade on the creek feeding the north of Wallace Lake to reach an open beach often called Pebble Beach.
There's a $10 overnight parking fee. We will use park's envelopes to pay the fee and display the receipts on the cars.
Meeting place is the trailhead at Wallace Falls State Park parking lot. That is the start of the Woody Trail. 47.866973, -121.678147
We will depart in the morning, time TBD depending on usual parking patterns. This is a very popular trail/parking lot and can fill up quickly. I will call the park closer to the trip date to get an estimate of a good time to depart.
Required Equipment
The Eleven Essentials (Ten essentials plus face covering)
Overnight gear which may include:
- Tent with footprint/ground tarp
- Stove and fuel
- Sleeping bag
- Sleeping pad
- Water filter
- Bear canister or extra stuff sack and cord designated for hanging food
- Cooking pot/pan with plate and utensils
- Toilet paper and shovel or blue bag to deal with waste