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Hiking in the Trinity Alps
Hiking to Big Bear Lake in the Trinity Alps Wilderness
Yesterday we went on another hike in the Trinity Alps Wilderness in Northern California. This was, I think, the eighth lake we have hiked to in this area. Others included Trail Gulch Lake, Little Boulder Lake, and Smith Lake.
The trail to Big Bear Lake (and Wee Bear Lake–AKA Little Bear Lake–which we didn’t go to) is only 4.5 miles, but it felt like much more. The scenery on the trail changes frequently, but the nearly 3,000 feet of elevation gain does not. I’m sore today.
A year ago…
Forest Park (Portland, Oregon)
…this happened.
Little Boulder Lake
We were in California for a couple days, returning last night to Oregon. Today’s photo comes from a hike we did on our way to Sacramento in the Trinity Alps Wilderness. After this lake we also visited Boulder Lake which is less than a mile away.
Smith Lake
@PCTAssociation @AmericanHiking
For Memorial Day the family hiking group got together for the first time in a while. The older siblings are in college, but the younger ones joined in with the dads. We headed down I-5 from Ashland, hooked up with Highway 3 in Yreka, and parked once we hit the Pacific Crest Trail (a bit beyond Etna, California). Four miles of walking on the PCT later and we found ourselves at the place where I took today’s photo (photos actually as this is a photomerge of about eight photos).
More details about getting there and other lakes to hike to in the area can be found here. This area is called the Russian Wilderness, but we didn’t see any Russians on this day.
Kilauea Iki Trail
I mentioned before how this is an incredible hike taking the walker from lush, tropical rain forest to a barren volcanic landscape. Well, the transition isn’t very gradual. From today’s photo you can see that I’m hitting the edge of the forest and am about to embark on something far more desolate.