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California Sierras

For many fishing enthusiasts, a day of fun at Mineral King means a short but tough hike up to Eagle Lake and a relaxing time hauling in trout. Hikers like this trail because it passes by a sink hole where Eagle Creek disappears and the views of the surrounding high Southern Sierra are breathtaking.

The sinkhole is at about 9,000 feet. Around the sink hole, notice the white-and-gray marble mixed in with the granite. Farther along the trail as you pass red fir trees, the vegetation becomes sparser toward 10,000 feet.
Eagle Lake was affected by efforts to generate hydroelectric power in the early twentieth century. There is a dam on the north end of the lake. The lake was used decades ago as a regulating reservoir for a hydroelectric generating project near Three Rivers.