Last time I was there, maybee 3 years ago the gate was looked shut. I rode my mountain bike up to the lake with my waders, fins, float tube, rod, tackle, and about twenty pounds of other stuff I didn't use. It was an hour or two of hard uphill riding maybee 3 to 5 miles and it rained the whole time. Once I got to the lake the trails from the road were more grown over than I last remembered and took a little searching to find. I've fished days on that lake when you counldn't have your line in the water for more than five minutes without catching a fish, this wasn't one of them. I did manage to catch a few trout with nemphs, but nothing to impresive size wise. I havn't been back since. I would be interested to hear how you do if you go. Good luck!