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The Trinity Alps Wilderness covers 517,000 acres (2,090 km 2), making it the second largest wilderness area in California. [2] The area was formerly known as the Salmon-Trinity Alps Primitive Area since 1932 until a series of expansions.
The wilderness contains approximately 520 miles (840 km) [4] of hiking trails, including 17 miles (27 km) of the Pacific Crest Trail and 35 miles (60 km) of the Bigfoot Trail. The most popular entry points into the wilderness are from the Weaverville area around Trinity Lake or from Junction City. Additional routes are seasonally accessible by ...
Thompson Peak is a mountain (a high point on a tall granite ridge) in Trinity County, California. At 9,001 feet, it is the highest peak in the Trinity Alps Wilderness, [4] and the second highest in Northern California west of the Cascades. It is the highest point in a ridge that also features Wedding Cake, another well-known Trinity Alps peak.
Map of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest and Whiskeytown–Shasta–Trinity National Recreation Area. The Shasta–Trinity National Forest is a federally designated forest in northern California, United States. It is the largest National Forest in California and is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The 2,210,485 acre (894,552 Ha) forest ...
The Klamath Mountains are a rugged and lightly populated mountain range in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon in the western United States.As a mountain system within both the greater Pacific Coast Ranges and the California Coast Ranges, the Klamath Mountains have a varied geology, with substantial areas of serpentinite and marble, and a climate characterized by moderately cold ...
Granite Peak is a mountain located in the Trinity Alps of California in the Trinity Alps Wilderness. It rises to the west of Highway 3 and Trinity Lake to an elevation of 8,094 feet (2,467 m). [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The peak receives copious amounts of snow during the winter.
The Scott Mountains ecoregion is dominated by ultramafic rocks with Mesozoic mafic intrusions, along with some granitic rocks near the Trinity Alps and at Castle Crags. Elevations generally range from 3,000 to 7,000 feet (910 to 2,130 m). Ecoregion 78n has more ultramaficrocks and less precipitation than Ecoregion 78m to the west.
Denny, California refers to two little mining settlements named Denny in northwestern Trinity County, one in the upper New River watershed within the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area and the other twenty miles downstream along a one-way county roadway. Terrain in the area is extremely steep and rugged. [2]