Webber Lake - Sierra County, California

Visited on 7/7/18 during a long weekend trip to Lake Tahoe to watch the 4^th of July Fireworks Celebration and for a long weekend of High Sierra camping with Jeff and our dogs, Summer and Skye.  We centrally located ourselves for the weekend at the Lodgepole campground at Lake Valley Reservoir near Cisco Grove, CA.  Located at an elevation of 6,795 feet above sea level, Webber Lake, a 215-acre natural lake at the  headwaters of the Little Truckee River, has been a private fishing campground since the 1860s. It  was stocked with trout back then, one of the earliest known examples of sport fishing in the Sierra Nevada. 
Henness Pass Road, once one of the most heavily traveled emigrant routes across the Sierra Nevada, runs past the lake. The Webber Lake Hotel, built in 1860, still stands on the property, the only remaining stagecoach hotel along the historic route.            

The California Department of Fish and Game says the property provides critical habitat for a  number of animals protected by state law, including the pine marten and the Sierra Nevada red  fox. Other animals recorded on the property include black bear, mule deer, mountain lion, bald  eagle, raptors, and the endangered willow flycatcher. The wildflower displays in Lacey  Meadows are among the best in the Sierra and include lupine, larkspur, elephant heads, alpine buttercups, monkshood, and leopard lilies.

The Truckee Donner Land Trust will own and manage the property. Its near-term plans include  new trailheads along Henness Pass Road and Meadow Lake Road, providing non-motorized access to Lacey Meadows. At the request of the Johnson family, the Land Trust will continue to lease the fishing campground to the current caretakers for four more years, after which the lake will be open to the public.

Pictures taken from the campground located on the northside of the Lake.