Dry Lake (San Gorgonio) From The South Fork Trail

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Dry Lake, nestled in the shadow of San Gorgonio Mountain, is a beautiful day hike or overnight camping destination. This hiking guide to Dry Lake takes the scenic South Fork Trail, which is well maintained with gradual slopes. And despite being called Dry Lake, it often has water in it, making for a pristine alpine oasis in the mountains of Southern California.
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[@lopezexplora]

Sad to see all those trees burned down, but still a beautiful place to be in . Thank you for your amazing work and information! 🥾🥾

[@RAkers-tu1ey]

Nice! Maybe it will be a bit greener by the time I do it.

[@wangdanielle]

This is GREAT info on the hike....thank you for taking the time to share all the detail, pictures and the gpx file!

[@Hikingguy]

You're welcome! Glad it was handy.

[@WarbirdPylonRacer]

I've been wondering about the Dry Lake hike! Now I'm going to do it for sure! Thanks for the video on this one!

[@Hikingguy]

Cool cool - yea it's a classic, def try to get it while there's still water in there...

[@TravelingwithMikey]

thank you so much for providing turn by turn directions. I will be hiking this tomorrow morning.

[@tacocruiser4238]

Dry Lake is beautiful even when it's dry because the grass is still green.

[@erict5878]

Been hiking there since Boy Scouts!....I am 70 now and goin up this fall

[@Hikingguy]

Nice, yea, it's a great one. Lower slopes are starting to recover from the last fire too.

[@theshittybowman]

Perfect! I’m heading that way for archery black bear!

[@jeffzamo]

Thanks, we are headed to Dollar Lake on Friday. Good to see all that water!

[@Hikingguy]

Ha nice timing, and yea, still lots of water!

[@rv6amark]

I used to hike the South Fork Trail in the early 70's. We were allowed to drive up the rutty dirt road to where the trail crosses it just above Horse Meadows and below the Poopout Hill junction. Looks like the Lake Fire damage is still visible. I really want to hike this area again, but I live several hours drive away now (and I am 50+ years older now), so getting there is a bigger deal now to do it than it was.

[@Hikingguy]

You should show up and give it a try. You can hike up to the old lot / Poop Out hill if not all the way. I've spoken to rangers and they mentioned the same thing about driving right up years ago. When it became an official Wilderness Area they moved the road / lot back to comply with the regulations.

[@tannenherz]

High, glad to see that there are enough trees after the fire, that the wood can grow again. Kindly Fiete

[@musafir1930]

thanks for the details.

[@mr.westie5827]

Great stuff as always, thank you for doing what you do.

[@Hikingguy]

Thank you! Love getting these hikes up here...

[@nomada6789]

@@Hikingguy In December 2023 I tried to do this hike twice but the snow blocked the trail at the saddle the first time and the second time my snow boots fell into pieces when I stepped on the snow. 😔😔😔 safety first 🤷‍♀️

[@Hikingguy]

@@nomada6789 Glad you were safe!

[@ColemanOutdoors]

Good stuff. May have to make that hike!

[@mattm9793]

This is awesome! Lately I’ve been looking at google maps and I was looking at San Gorgonio and found something called dry lake. Thought it was weird so I googled it and find this video. I know what I’m doing in a week or two lol. Awesome video too really simple to follow thanks man!

[@Hikingguy]

Cool cool glad the video was helpful. And you'll love it up there, it's really beautiful.

[@extrasteez5727]

Just did this, camped out at the lake and went back down the next day, BEFORE YOU HEAD DOWN, you must need a recreation pass to park there, the closest place to purchase it is 15 minutes away at a liquor store called the country store I believe, right next to the fire station

[@Hikingguy]

Nice, hope the overnight was fun, such a nice place. And yes on the permit - all that info is in the guide in the link - you can also use a National Parks Pass (link in the guide) which you can order from REI and get you in everywhere national all the time. Good value for the $$$

[@jo2antonio599]

Great video . Thank you

[@SillySocial]

How much water do you take on a hike like this? It looks like you only have a 3 liter camelback

[@Hikingguy]

It's only 11 or so miles, so 2L does me fine when it's all dry. If there's water you can filter it and go minimal.

[@ExplorinDoranRBrown]

When was this hike? do you know if dole lake has water? Do you know if any springs up to San Bernardino peak from the San Bernardino trailhead have water?

[@Hikingguy]

I'd check sgwa.org for the status of the springs. Dry Lake usually has water until the summer / early spring in a normal year. This is from June.

[@ExplorinDoranRBrown]

HikingGuy.com thanks for the resource! I did SB to Alto Diablo the last couple days. Some springs were still flowing

[@SergioRuiz-xd8bt]

How long is the hike there? Average

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