Fremont Lake
Our SiteWed, 8/6/08
Hoback Jct. to Pinedale, WY: The drive to Pinedale was great. We drove along the Hoback River through a beautiful canyon—very rugged. They must have lots of road closures in the winter because of snow slides. The Hoback River is very pretty—as wide as the Snake but pretty shallow. (It’s called Hoback Jct. because that’s where the Hoback flows into the Snake.) Would be great canoeing. The canyon widened and eventually opened up into a vast, arid landscape of low hills and buttes full of sagebrush. Pinedale is at 7700+ with a population of 1400 people. Cute little town. We’re staying at a national forest campground on Fremont Lake—four miles out of town. We turned north out of Pinedale and the barely paved road took us through hills covered with sagebrush and lots of boulders and rocks—left there by a glacier eons ago. Freemont Lake is a glacial lake 600 feet deep. When we got close to the campground we went through a lush forest of pines and aspens. Very pretty. Nice campground with great sites. We went to the Mountain Man Museum after we got set up. Very interesting place. I bought two books—one on Jim Bridger and one on Joe Meeks. The things they endured. After the museum we went into town for dinner and then drove around a little. This area was very popular for the annual rendezvous where the mountain men and Indians got together and traded and raised hell. The Green River valley was perfect for this event since it had plenty of water and lots of grazing for their animals. We drove down there. It’s really lush and pretty. Then we drove up to half moon lake—another glacial lake not quite as big as Fremont. Started raining which is good for the forest fires in the area. You can see the smoke from several of them.
Hoback Jct. to Pinedale, WY: The drive to Pinedale was great. We drove along the Hoback River through a beautiful canyon—very rugged. They must have lots of road closures in the winter because of snow slides. The Hoback River is very pretty—as wide as the Snake but pretty shallow. (It’s called Hoback Jct. because that’s where the Hoback flows into the Snake.) Would be great canoeing. The canyon widened and eventually opened up into a vast, arid landscape of low hills and buttes full of sagebrush. Pinedale is at 7700+ with a population of 1400 people. Cute little town. We’re staying at a national forest campground on Fremont Lake—four miles out of town. We turned north out of Pinedale and the barely paved road took us through hills covered with sagebrush and lots of boulders and rocks—left there by a glacier eons ago. Freemont Lake is a glacial lake 600 feet deep. When we got close to the campground we went through a lush forest of pines and aspens. Very pretty. Nice campground with great sites. We went to the Mountain Man Museum after we got set up. Very interesting place. I bought two books—one on Jim Bridger and one on Joe Meeks. The things they endured. After the museum we went into town for dinner and then drove around a little. This area was very popular for the annual rendezvous where the mountain men and Indians got together and traded and raised hell. The Green River valley was perfect for this event since it had plenty of water and lots of grazing for their animals. We drove down there. It’s really lush and pretty. Then we drove up to half moon lake—another glacial lake not quite as big as Fremont. Started raining which is good for the forest fires in the area. You can see the smoke from several of them.
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