2 Men Drowned This Weekend at God’s Bath, Popular California Swimming Hole Two men drowned at a popular swimming hole in the Tuolumne River Canyon at 3 pm on Friday, according to the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Department. The men’s bodies were recovered from God’s Bath on the Clavey River, one on Friday and another on Saturday. Initial reports claimed three people had drowned, but confusion was caused by the remote location and […] SnowBrains | May 17, 2021 0 Comments
Tourists Overcrowding Popular California Swimming Hole Prompt Officials to Close it Down Over the past few weeks, officials have seen a dramatic increase in the number of out-of-town visitors coming to Yankee Jim’s, a popular swimming hole 35-miles west of Lake Tahoe in Northern California, prompting them to shut down vehicle access to prevent overcrowding. Related: The Best Swimming Holes in CA: Far NorCal’s “Potem Falls” Just last weekend, there was a record […] SnowBrains | July 28, 2020 0 Comments
California’s Best Swimming Holes: The Secret “Skinny Dip” [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16JagaoJ2-8"] Justin Briggs | July 24, 2020 69 Likes 0 Tweets 3 Comments
Cliff Jumping @ California’s Best Swimming Hole: God’s Bath God’s Bath is one of thousands of secret swimming holes in the California foothills. The CA foothills hide a plethora of ideal swim holes with their hot summertime temperatures (often in the 100s), ice cold streams (water that was snow about an hour before), plentiful H2O, and wildly varied geography. This complex combination makes for some truly invigorating swimming hole experiences. […] Cliff Jumping Miles Clark | July 9, 2018 16 Comments
Best Swimming Holes in CA: Cleo’s Bath & A Fake Turkey Sandwich Yesterday, I drove from Tahoe to Mammoth and decided to pull out the Day Hikes with a splash and see what fun I could get myself into. I saw that Cleo’s bath was off of 108 east of Sonora and bounced off 395 and headed to the bath. To my chagrin, Pinecrest Lake, where the trail head is was much further from 395 than I thought and I finally got to the lake at 7 PM. The stubborn asshole inside me couldn’t just enjoy the lake and drive back to Mammoth. Instead I proceeded to put on my trail running shows and sprint 2 miles around the lake and a mile and a half up the Stanislaus River. I am not sure if you have been here before but here […] Cliff Jumping Guest Author | July 9, 2017 2 Comments
Candy Rock = One of the Best Cliff Jumping Spots in California Candy Rock is a prominent erratic boulder perched above a small, deep hole in the Stanislaus River in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The leap from Candy Rock itself is in many ways ridiculous, but there are other small swimming holes nearby. The water polished granite in the area creates spectacular scenery even […] SnowBrains | May 29, 2016 19 Comments
Best Swimming Holes in CA: Cleo’s Bath is Almost Dry… The infamous “Cleo’s Bath” swimming hole is one of Northern California’s most sought after secret aquatic adventures. But at this time of the year and during the drought, this famous relaxation oasis is a little dry. There are a couple pools of standing water in which people were swimming in. Only small drops of water falling from the river above. The main cliff diving spot was completely dry. You can tell that this place was is a great place to go to during the summer because there was about 25 people all swarming around what little water there was available to swim in. […] Cliff Jumping Guest Author | August 19, 2014 3 Comments
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