MTN Bike to Upper Sardine Lake + Swimming

Because Sardine Lake is GORGEOUS, we decided to spend our next day to go toward the upper sardine lake. This is a short 1ish mile hike from the lower sardine lake area. The path can be done in a 4X4 and it looked cool when some of the trucks were getting after it. Except, when one brand new chevy truck without any special wheels decided to go for it... they ended up with a massive scar down on one side of the truck.

We did the trail on our mountain bikes. It wasn't the best trail to mountain bike, but it was fun anyhow. The upper lake is stunning with clear water and far fewer people than the lower lake. The water in the lake is not too warm, but offers an invigorating experience on a warm sunny day.

To get to the cliff for jumping ~7 feet into the water, hang left at the trailhead and stay close to the water. There is an unofficial trail that goes to the cliff. I would advise against jumping off the higher cliff since the water level is low. The lower cliff is great and the water is plenty deep to jump in

​Here are some of our pics:

Going towards the cliff to jump in the lake

Justin leaping into the lake! Other hikers and Snow looking.

Thats me jumping into upper sardine lake!!