Dobbs Cabin Hike 

Hiked that trail to Dobb's Cabin about five times in the 1960s when I was in my 20s. The joke with any first time hikers when they asked, 'how much farther is it?' was to tell them, 'just around the bend!' A hike from hell for first timers. You have to start early to avoid the bugs. We even got snow one year and hiked out and had to save a troop of Boy Scouts coming down from Dollar Lake. The snow covered the trail until all you could see was the dent of the trail on the ground. I"ve been up and down the creek trying to find the only fish in it, and actually caught one. We buried some Country Club Stout up there one year and came back and found it. It still worked. Use to go up there with nothing but fishing gear, cornmeal and margarine, and a spade to dig worms. If we didn't catch a fish, we starved except for some light snacks we brought along. We starved because there weren't any fish to be caught. Probably even worse fishing nowadays. I"m in North Idaho now and wouldn't go back to California for nuthin'.

Great video. Thanks for posting. I planned on hiking to Dobbs a few months ago, but only made it to Alger Camp. I had never hiked this trail before and was by myself. I did not know what exactly to expect on the trail. I started this hike at 3:30pm and arrived to Alger at 7:00pm so I just setup camp and ate dinner. As soon at the sun went down (8:00pm) the temp dropped so I just went to bed or at least tried... Beautiful place...