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)