Cleo’s Bath and Pinecrest Lake

A short but rewarding hike from Pinecrest Lake in the Stanislaus National Forest. If you notice the haze in some of the pictures, it was from a forest fire in the area. The smoke from this fire plagued our whole trip.

Cleo's Bath Trail
Cleo's Bath Trail
Old Tuolumne County Water Company boiler used to operate a Steam winch for creation of the dam
Old Tuolumne County Water Company boiler used to operate a Steam winch for creation of the dam

 

Tuolumne County Water Company information plaque
Tuolumne County Water Company information plaque - Click to see full size

 

Arrow on rock pointing the way to Cleo's Bath
Arrow on rock pointing the way to Cleo's Bath

 

Arrow on rock pointing the way to Cleo's Bath
Arrow on rock pointing the way to Cleo's Bath

 

Pool just above Cleo's Bath
Pool just above Cleo's Bath

 

Pool just above Cleo's Bath
Pool just above Cleo's Bath

 

Pool just above Cleo's Bath
Pool just above Cleo's Bath

 

Pool just above Cleo's Bath
Pool just above Cleo's Bath

 

Cleo's Bath
Cleo's Bath

 

Cleo's Bath
Cleo's Bath

 

Pool just above Cleo's Bath
Pool just above Cleo's Bath

 

Pool just above Cleo's Bath
Pool just above Cleo's Bath

 

Taking a dip in pool above Cleo's Bath
Taking a dip in pool above Cleo's Bath

 

Pool just above Cleo's Bath
Pool just above Cleo's Bath

 

Pool just above Cleo's Bath
Pool just above Cleo's Bath

 

Above Cleo's Bath
Above Cleo's Bath

 

Carved Granite above Cleo's Bath
Carved Granite above Cleo's Bath

 

Above Cleo's Bath
Above Cleo's Bath

 

South Fork of Stanislaus River just above Cleos Bath
South Fork of Stanislaus River just above Cleos Bath

 

South Fork of Stanislaus River just above Cleos Bath
South Fork of Stanislaus River just above Cleos Bath

 

Huge Dandelion? seed head
Huge Dandelion? seed head

 

Huge Dandelion? seed head
Huge Dandelion? seed head

 

Huge Dandelion? seed head
Huge Dandelion? seed head

 

 

 

Stump seats along Pinecrest Lake Trail
Stump seats along Pinecrest Lake Trail

 

Pinecrest Lake Trail
Pinecrest Lake Trail

 

Pinecrest Lake Trail
Pinecrest Lake Trail

 

Pinecrest Lake
Pinecrest Lake

 

Pinecrest Lake Dam
Pinecrest Lake Dam

 

Pinecrest Lake and dam
Pinecrest Lake and dam

 

Cleo's Bath and Pinecrest Lake Map
Cleo's Bath and Pinecrest Lake Map

 

3 thoughts on “Cleo’s Bath and Pinecrest Lake

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  • April 27, 2015 at 7:51 pm
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    Certainly Bath is not as pretty as before drought. But Jay doesn’t give a month that I saw so maybe too far into summer or fall.

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    • May 13, 2015 at 9:06 pm
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      It was July 27th 2009. Sorry I didn’t make it more obvious. The date is in the web address of this page.

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