Beaver Lake — Tuesday, Jun. 25, 2024

The Beaver Lake trail used to go approximately 3 miles and end at the Mt. Loop Highway south of the trailhead.  In the storms of 2003 and/or 2006 the Sauk River washed out the trail in a section about 2 miles from the trail head.  At some point the bridge at Beaver Lake got hit by a falling log and damaged.   The current trail is maintained to the broken bridge about 1.5 miles in.  A path has now been made at the washed-out section and the entire trail can be traversed if you cross the damaged bridge or starting from the other end you can go north to the bridge from the Mt Loop Highway.  ¼ mile from the south end is a 15ft dead Cedar tree still standing.  This trail is doable most anytime of the year.  The old trail from the bridge to the washed-out section is very brushy.  I cleaned it some to make it clear where the trail is, but it needs more work.  In the Fall lots of dead fish heads have been observed near the washed-out section.  This is now a slow flowing side branch to the river and fishing must be easy.