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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 ...
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.
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 county contains a significant portion of Shasta-Trinity National Forest and the Trinity Alps Wilderness—the second largest wilderness in California. Trinity County is made up of five census tracts. Census Tract 1.01 includes the communities of Douglas City, Lewiston, Trinity Center, and part of Coffee Creek and Weaverville.
Sapphire Lake is a lake located in the Trinity Alps Wilderness area, in Northern California. The lake sits in a granite bowl, where it is fed by rainwater that runs down the surrounding mountains. Sapphire Lake sits just southwest of, and approximately 300 ft (91 m) above Emerald Lake. The surface of the lake is 5,882 ft (1,793 m) above sea level.