Lake Sabrina, up Bishop Creek near Bishop California, is one of three lakes in this drainage dammed for the better part of a 100 years for power and flood control (mostly power). The lake level has been very low due to drought, but the situation has been exacerbated by the fact Edison partially drained it for needed work on the aging dam; it has never recovered We took friends there over the Labor Day weekend to kayak knowing it would be low...but not this low.
We ended up having to drive nearly a 1/4 mile to the waters edge. The diminished lake revealed its old shoreline tree stumps, providing a rare glimpse of the lake before human intervention. It was actually pretty neat to experience a launch from an historic shoreline.
Hopefully the lake will reach the dam next year, which will have meant a wet winter...we really need a wet winter.
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