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Grant Lake hydro studies set for summer

...Kenai Hydro LLC - an HEA subsidiary - began evaluating four hydroelectric sites including Grant Lake, Falls Creek, Crescent Lake and Ptarmigan Lake. Since then, Kenai Hydro has abandoned consideration of all but Grant Lake due to economic feasibility...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2012-04-12/grant-lake-hydro-studies-set-for-sum
News
Tight Lines: And now for something completely different

...action can be good, especially if you have access to a float-tube and you're willing to lug it up the mountain. Crescent Lake also offers good grayling fishing. The hike into the lake is a little longer -- about 6 miles one way. Ride in on...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/021711/fis_787066586.shtml
Outdoors
Refuge Notebook: Ptarmigan on the Kenai Peninsula

...odd places like Ski Hill Road or along the Soldotna airport fence. But a friend of mine, who I skied with through Crescent Lake recently, was unaware that there are three ptarmigan species on the Kenai despite the fact that he grew up here...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/021811/out_787584765.shtml
Outdoors
Couple and dogs rescued after being stranded in cabin by deep snow

...Anchorage, overdue when they didn't return to work Monday after a planned trip to a U.S. Forest Service cabin at Crescent Lake, the Alaska State Troopers said. The couple and a husky named Matanuska and a chow-shepherd mix named Mesa hiked...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/011101/ala_011101ala0050001.shtml
Alaska
Between runs, cast a fly for trout

...fishing you're sitting there in a boat a lot," he said. He also recommends fishing for grayling at Fuller and Crescent lakes with dry flys. "They're high mountain lakes so the fish are hungry all the time," he said. "The bugs haven't...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/070110/fis_613275359.shtml
fishing
Head for the hills between runs

...inhabit them are active through the summer, despite the heat. Atcheson recommended visiting places like Fuller Lake, Crescent Lake, Carter Lake or Bench Lake for grayling and rainbow trout fishing. "Since they're high mountain lakes, it's...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/070909/fis_357379177.shtml
Perseverance rewarded on Carter Lake Trail

...especially between Carter and Crescent Lakes. Photo by Joseph Robertia Hiking...very pretty, especially near Crescent Lake," said Elly Reichle of Minnesota...6 miles in length if going to Crescent Lake, or cut down to an even shorter...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/092107/outdoors_3243.shtml
Lake fishing offers quiet escape

...space on the Russian River, those inclined to serenity may find only loons for company while casting for grayling at Crescent Lake. There are hundreds of lakes on the Kenai Peninsula. Some, like Jean, Long and Johnson lakes, easily are reached...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/052700/fis_052700krfis009.shtml
fish
Bikers got it made -- dirt and paved

...avoid disturbing any wildlife, especially bears. Make reservations before using U.S. Forest Service cabins. The Crescent Lake trail begins three miles down Quartz Creek Road, off Mile 44.9 of the Sterling Highway. The 6.4-mile route...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/052700/rec_052700krrec0050001.shtml
recreation
Mountain trail open windows to the wilderness

...Creek, which is the drainage for Crescent Lake. The trail meets avalanche chutes...offers access to the other end of Crescent Lake. The trail head for this hike...Lake, which is on the way to Crescent Lake, is 2.3 miles and climbs about...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/060103/hik_060103hik001001.shtml
hiking

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