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Trinity National Forest

California, United States
 (2 votes, 2 reviews)

Trails

Summary
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Canyon Creek Lake to L Lake
Hike up to a hidden lake with many great views of the Trinity Alps
Difficult
3.1 mi/
5.0 km
Guides
Canyon Creek Lake to L Lake
Canyon Creek Lake to L Lake
Trinity Alps, California, United States
 
Difficult: 3.1 miles, 1-3 hours
Hike up to a hidden lake with many great views of the Trinity Alps
Community Trips
Lower Canyon Creek Lake (Globe Mill, California, United States) Photo
Schlag and Fuzz sleeping (Globe Mill, California, United States) Photo
Trinity Alps (Globe Mill, California, United States) Photo
Reading in the morning (Globe Mill, California, United States) Photo
Trinity Alps - Canyon Creek Lake to El Lake
by chris on Jun 18, 2009
Globe Mill, California, United States
3.1 miles
On the third day of our trip we decided to take a day hike up to El Lake.  We started by crossing a river that was just below waist deep, and then climbed our way up the mountain on a path that was not very well maintained.  We finally reached the lake just in time for lunch.  After eating our crackers, cheese, and salami, Schlag and I decided to go for a...
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Trinity Alps Wilderness - Boulder Creek Lakes via Canyon Creek Trail
by asleepinapalmtree on Aug 05, 2011
Junction City, California, United States
8.0 miles
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Trinity Alps, Canyon Creek Lakes, Boulder Creek Lakes
by jwania on Jul 22, 2011
Globe Mill, California, United States
22 miles
Full resolution pictures:http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwania/sets/72157627283004276/This was my second time to Canyon Creek Lakes and Boulder Creek Lakes in the Trinity Alps in northern California.  Thanks to the above average snow year the streams and water falls were gushing, which made for an entirely different trip than my first one in November 2003.For this trip, we left Palo Alto around 5:45 am Friday morning.  Made great time on the road and reached Weaverville by 11:30...
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Trinity Alps: Canyon Creek Trail to L Lake
by dhacker on Jul 13, 2012
Junction City, California, United States
19.0 miles
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Caribou Lakes
by ShadowMountainBoy on Jul 03, 2012
Summerville, California, United States
14.4 miles
We camped two nights at Snowslide Lake and day-hiked on snowshoes to Upper Caribou Lake.
Trinity
by What2be on Jan 08, 2009
Trinity Center, California, United States
24 miles
Description
Trinity Alps Grand Circuit All
by Mikeheaphy on May 22, 2009
Globe Mill, California, United States
34 miles
Entering the Trinity Alps Wilderness Photo
Tackling our first stream crossing Photo
Pretty little waterfall Photo
Following Canyon Creek Photo
Canyon Creek Trail to L Lake - Trinity Alps
by steven_fong on Jul 20, 2010
Weaverville, California, United States
18.1 miles
SLT Bike Trip Day 1
by msojka on Mar 16, 2012
Etna, California, United States
29 miles
Etna to Nordheimer
by on Mar 17, 2012
Etna, California, United States
43 miles

Reviews
chris
The Trinity Alps is one of the best kept secrets in Northern California Hiking. People immediately think of Yosemite and Tahoe if they want mountains and lakes, but this place has all of that with less than 1/10th of the crowds. I went here with a few buddies after graduating from college and we may have run into 2 other parties the entire 4 days. It seemed like we had the mountains and the lakes all to ourselves, it was just amazing.

You should see how great it is for yourself, just don't all go the next time I'm there :)

Visited on Jun 18, 2009

by chris on Dec 20, 2010
dterrell
very little foot traffic and lots of wildlife
Visited on Aug 14, 1997

by dterrell on Jul 05, 2012

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