Visited on 5/19/2018, Jeff and our two chocolate Labradors, Summer and Skye joined me on a business trip to give Drinking Water examinations in the Central Valley of California. We traveled in the Central Valley foothills northeast of Fresno up to Huntington Lake above our camping spot at Shaver Lake. Balsam Forebay is a 60 acre artificial lake located at an elevation of 6,800 feet above sea level in the Sierra National Forest of Fresno County, California near California State Route 168 approximately 5 km north east of Shaver Lake. A trail provides public access to and around the forebay with access to from the southeast shore. Road access is limited to official vehicles. The area is popular for hiking, swimming, and a picnicking. Jeff and I unleased the dogs and went on the .5 mile hike to the Forebay. The trail is well marked and it is quite a pleasant stroll through the alpine forest, we highly recommend it.
The lake is formed by the Balsam Meadow Dam, a rockfill dam completed in 1986. The dam is 1,325 feet long and 127 feet high, with 4.1 feet of freeboard. Southern California Edison owns the dam. We visited on a Saturday afternoon and there was only one other couple with their dog on the trail and at the Lake. The lake is small, but very beautiful and there are several picnic tables and a comfort station located at the Lake on the east side of the lake.
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