Cinko Lake Camping

Hoover Wilderness

photo of Cinko Lake, Hoover Wilderness, California
photo of Cinko Lake, Hoover Wilderness, California

Cinko Lake Camping

Hoover Wilderness


Make Camp at Cinko Lake

Campsites are plentiful around the shore of Cinko Lake, especially along the eastern and northwestern sides. Keeping the required 100 feet away from the lake means passing on a few old campsites and seeking out better ones farther inland. Published regulations suggest that campfires are permitted at Cinko Lake, but check with rangers before setting out since temporary restrictions based on conditions are often placed on campfires.


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Cinko Lake, Hoover Wilderness, California

Cinko Lake

Fishing

Eleven-acre Cinko Lake is home to brook trout and rainbow trout. A number of nice points around the lake provide convenient places for casting.



Grizzly Peak, Hooverand Emigrant Wilderness, California

Grizzly Peak

Explore the Area

From Cinko Lake, a 3-mile trail leads up to Emigrant Pass (no emigrants actually used Emigrant Pass; they crossed the mountains at a gap 1 mile to the north). From the top of the pass it is easy to wander round the grassy alpine terrain passing Grizzly Peak, High Emigrant Lake, and Emigrant Meadow Lake.

Read the complete story of the emigrants who brought their wagons across the mountains, coming up the West Walker River past Fremont Lake and over the crest of the mountains near High Emigrant Lake: Sonora Pass Pioneers



Peak Bagging

A class 3 route leads up 11,755-foot Tower Peak along the north ridge. Forsyth Peak has a class 2 route from the west side. Read details in R. J. Secor's The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails.