Trinity Alps Wilderness
USFS Trinity Alps Wilderness – Trails and Lake Information
Northern California Hiking Trails Blog
Easy Trails
- Lake Eleanor & Shimmy Lake – Easy 4.25 miles
- 1/2 mile to Lake Eleanor
- 3.75 miles to Shimmy Lake
- Big and Little Boulder Lakes
- Boulder Lakes
- Union Creek to Union Lake
- Slide Creek (First 2 miles)
- East Fork New River (First 4 miles)
- Pacific Crest Trail
- Stoddard Lake from Highway 3
- New River (First 3 miles)
- Stuarts Fork
- Tangle Blue Lake
- North Fork Trinity River (First 10 miles form Hobo Gulch Trailhead)
Short Trails (Under 5 miles)
- East Weaver Lake – 1.5 miles
- Big Lake & Little Boulder Lake – 2 miles
- Long Gulch – 2 miles
- Trail Gulch = 3.5 miles
- Adams Lake – Steep 2.5 miles
- Stoddard & McDonald – Moderate 3.5 miles
- Tangle Blue Lake – 4 miles
- Lake Eleanor & Shimmy Lake – Easy 4.25 miles
- 1/2 mile to Lake Eleanor
- 3.75 miles to Shimmy Lake
- Granite Peak – Very steep 4.75 miles
- Panoramic views of Trinity Alps
Moderate Trails – Good condition
- Boulder Creek Lakes Trail (Canyon Creek) – 7.5 miles
- Canyon Creek Trail – 8 miles
- Caribou Lakes Trail – 10 miles
- Eagle Creek Trail
- North Fork Coffee Creek Trail
- Swift Creek
- New River Area
- Salmon Summit
- French Creek
- East Fork Coffee Creek trail
- South Fork Coffee Creek Trail
- Horseshoe Lake – 9 miles
- Deer Creek Basin and Four Lakes Loop = 8 miles / 14 miles
- Diamond Lake = 9.5 miles / 16.5 miles
- Emerald and Sapphire – 15 miles
Medium Trails (5-10 miles)
- Big Bear Lake – Moderate 5 miles
- Long Gulch & Trail Gulch Loop – 6 miles
- Sugar Pine Lake – Difficult 5.5 miles
- Good basecamp for Union, Foster, Conway and Lion Lakes
- Canyon Creek Lakes – Moderate 7 miles
- Horseshoe Lake – 9 miles
- Caribou Lakes – 10 miles
- Long Canyon & Bowerman Meadows – Steep
- Union Lake – 6 miles
- Good basecamp for Landers, Foster, Parker Divide
- Swift Creek to Landers, Ward and Horseshow Lakes –
Long Trails (10+ miles)
- Stuart Fork to Sapphire Lake – 15 miles
- Hobo Gulch to Papoose Lake
- Trinity Alps High Route
Difficult Trails
- Trinity Alps High Route
- Alpine Lake Trail
- Smith & Morris Lakes
- Granite Peak Trail
- Green Mountain Trail
- Bear Lake Trail
- Rush Creek Lakes Trail
- Foster & Lion Lakes area
- Sugar Pine Lake Trail
- Doe Lake
- Grizzly Lake
- Papoose Lake
- L Lake – 8.5 miles
- Sugar Pine
Solitude Trails
- Eagle Creek area
- New River, Denny area
- Packers Peak
- Limestone Ridge
- Rush Creek Lakes
- North Fork of Swift Creek, Poison Canyon
Loop Trails
- Swift Creek to Granite Lake, 7-up Peak, Bear Basin, out Swift Creek (moderate 4-5 days)
- Swift Creek to Parker Meadow, Mumford Meadow, Landers Lake, Union Creek Parker Creek, out Swift Creek (moderate 5-6 days)
- East Fork New River to Poiny Creek, Mullane Coral, High Prairie, Limestone Ridge, Blue Ridge, out East Fork New River (moderate 5-6 days)
- East Fork Coffee Creek to Stoddard Meadows, Doe Lake, Granite Lake, out North Fork Coffee Creek (moderate 5-6 days)
- Long Canyon to Deer Lake, Four Lakes Trail, out Long Canyon (difficult 4-5 days)
- Long Canyon to Four Lakes Trail, Deer Creek, Morris Meadows, out Stuart Fork (moderate to difficult 6-7 days, with 15 miles car shuttle)
- New River to Slide Creek, Eagle Creek, Battle Creek, Old Denny, Slide Creek, out New River Trail (moderate to difficult 4-6 day hike)
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