Paddleboarding on Silver Lake

Deja and I drove from our home in Mammoth up to Silver Lake for another amazing day out paddleboarding. Silver Lake is on the June Lake Loop, which is highway 158, located on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. We paddled around the shallow bays where red-winged blackbirds are heard and seen as they mate and nest in the tall wet grass along the shores. Over on the east side of the lake we enter Rush Creek aka the lazy river, where the water is calm and the paddling is easy. With the amazing mountain views, tall pines, and lush meadows its such a spectacular place to be. After enjoying that we paddled around the lake, along the aspen lined shore to the outlet, then back across the lake to where we started. Great views of Carson Peak and Horsetail Falls. We highly recommend anyone looking for fun summer activities get out on this lake for kayaking or SUP. There are usually people out on boats fishing also. Thanks for watching, hope you get out there some time!
Deja and I both use inflatable paddle boards made by TUSY, but I'm not exactly sure which models or sizes we got. We ordered them online at the beginning of last summer, used them a bunch last year, and have been very happy with them. They seem to be holding up well so far. It's nice having them pack down into backpacks, which makes them much easier to transport and store over the winter. The straps on the backpack seem a bit weak but the boards work fine, we haven't had any issues with them at all so far. Very glad we got them, good value boards. So thats my short review on TUSY paddleboards!

[@johnnishio4435]

Thanks for the great video. Our family has camped and fished from the shore at Silver Lake since 1955. Your video showed me areas on Rush Creek that I have never seen before and had always been curious about, especially that little island. I remember the bridge to that island as a kid. They used to sell post cards with the island and bridge back in the day. Wish I could paddle board like you did, but at age 75, that isn't an option anymore.

[@HikingGMa]

Great Informative Video...Thanks!!!
I'll for sure be kayaking Silver and Maime lake. Camping there In August and I have an ORU Inlet folding Kayak

[@mammothjoe]

Awesome! Hope you have a great time visiting the Eastern Sierra

[@Whereyoubelongg]

Are you familiar with how the weather is like during November? Looking to visit this fall but not sure if it'll be snowing or not

[@mammothjoe]

November can be really variable! There has been years where we've gotten snow in late-September. Last year we got 30 inches of snow in the month of October. But some years I've summited peaks in early/mid-November. So it really just depends. Definitely will be getting colder and shorter days.

[@jarel0310]

silver lake in mammoth?

[@mammothjoe]

It's about 30ish minutes north of Mammoth, near June Lake

[@jarel0310]

how deep is the water?

[@mammothjoe]

In the creek it varies from a few inches to a few feet deep in places. It can also depend on the time of year; more water flowing earlier in the summer, lower in the fall.

[@jarel0310]

also is that lazy river the rush creek?

[@mammothjoe]

It is!

[@jarel0310]

@@mammothjoe thanks for replying... ill be heading there next week and would like to do that but i heard there are a lot of fishing hook around there? rush creek that heads to reverse creek or it goes to grant lake?

[@mammothjoe]

I didn't see any fishing hooks that I can remember, but a lot of people do fish on that lake and creek. It's Rush Creek where it flows into Silver Lake.