![]() Here's more info about the trail from below: ![]() The moderate level hike is topped off with a climactic view of a double rainbow near the man-made waterfall. Took the Amtrak Capitol Corridor train to Sacramento to meet up with friends to hike the Lake Clementine trail on Memorial Day weekend 2017. The reservoir holds 14,700 acre feet, and has a crest elevation of 718 feetÄouble Rainbow at Lake Clementine Trail in Auburn, CA Because the dam is designed so that the river flows over its top, a waterfall is created that grows impressively large in winter and spring when rain and snowmelt cause high river flows. The trail also connects to a large-network of hiking, running, and mountain biking trail systems stretching eastward into the Sierra Nevada mountain range near Lake Tahoe. A popular hiking, running, and mountain biking trail courses from the dam area, continues downstream below the 730' high Foresthill Bridge, linking Lake Clementine to the North and Middle Forks American River Confluence area below the dam. It features steep forested canyon walls and contains several large high quality limestone deposits, one large vertical outcropping of which is known as Robbers Roost, and offers climbing and caving opportunities for the adventurous. However, it is possible to quietly enjoy the lake for kayaking, rowing, and fishing. It is open to boat traffic, a waterskiing and wakeboarding spot during the summer. It was created in 1939 when the North Fork Dam, a 155-foot tall variable radius arch dam, was completed by the Army Corps of Engineers for the purpose of containing gold mining debris washing downriver. Lake Clementine is a reservoir on the North Fork American River Canyon above the picturesque gold rush era town of Auburn in northern California.
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