Winding Trails by Al Hobart – Old Mud Lake Trail

May 23, 1968

If you ever want to follow the old Mud Lake trail through to the lake it was named for, in order to ferret it out all the way you’ll need, besides plenty of stamina and lunch, these three things: lots of patience, lots of luck, and a Ouija Board.

Five miles above my place, to the east up Dunn Creek canyon, a high ridge plunges down out of the mountains and shears…