Callahan has 22 backpacking trails. These trails range from 2 to 26.9 miles in length. The most popular trails are Caribou Lakes, Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in the Trinity Alps and Adams Lakes. Trails.com member Kathrine P. recently completed Boulder Creek.
Stoddard LakeView Trail Details
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Callahan, CA
The Stoddard Lake basin’s attractions are easy to list: good swimming, fishing, and camping an hour and a half from the trailhead, which account ...
South Fork Coffee Creek LoopView Trail Details
Much has been made about South Fork Coffee Creek’s location—it’s entirely north of Coffee Creek. Still, the water flows south, so I suppose that’s ...
China Spring Trail to Grizzly LakeView Trail Details
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If Grizzly Lake is your idea of heaven, then the China Spring Trail is where you want to be on Judgement Day. A steep 6.7-mile hike will get ...
Middle Boulder and Telephone Lakes LoopView Trail Details
If you’re determined to see all of the Boulder Lakes in the Trinity Alps (one map lists seven), then you’ll pass this way eventually. Your time ...
Fox Creek Lake and Mavis LakeView Trail Details
The Fox Creek Ridge Trail is the shortest and easiest way to reach Mavis and Fox Creek Lakes, two small lakes in a forested basin on the north ...
Caribou LakesView Trail Details
The most spectacular place in the Trinity Alps is a matter of some debate among Alps aficionados. But no matter who’s doing the talking, you ...
Ward Lake LoopView Trail Details
If Goldilocks were a hiker, she’d pronounce this loop just right: just the right amount of steeps (great views without killing yourself); just ...
Tri-Forest Peak - Deer Creek LoopView Trail Details
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Of all the high places with a drop-dead view of the inner Trinity Alps, the jagged crest at the east end of Sawtooth Ridge may just be my favorite. ...
South Fork LakesView Trail Details
Despite the short distance to South Fork Lakes, an extremely steep section of trail makes it feel like you’re really going somewhere. And thanks ...
Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in the Trinity AlpsView Trail Details
The Pacific Crest Trail runs for more than 2,500 miles from Mexico to the Canadian border. Only 18.9 of those miles cross the Trinity Alps Wilderness, ...
Bear LakesView Trail Details
The Bear Lakes basin presents the classic crowd problem caused by too much beautiful scenery too close to the trailhead. Here the problem is ...
Mill Creek Lake and Washbasin LakeView Trail Details
Mill Creek Lake is a pretty little backcountry pond that seems to go unnoticed—and unvisited—by most Trinity Alps hikers. The 3-acre lake is ...
Tangle Blue LakeView Trail Details
If lakes were judged on name alone, Tangle Blue Lake would be my second favorite in the Alps (Billy-be-Damned takes first, but just barely). ...
Adams LakesView Trail Details
The short route to little Adams Lake makes for a pleasant and easy day trip. It’s also a nice overnight destination for families with young children. ...
Union CreekView Trail Details
Other destinations in the Trinity Alps are more spectacular. Other creeks are bigger, other drainages longer. But for a pleasant place to spend ...
Bullards Basin - Sunrise Creek LoopView Trail Details
This leisurely loop is ideal for hikers who place stargazing above peak bagging. Expect lots of meadows, sparkling streams, and idyllic creekside ...
Sugar Pine LakeView Trail Details
Despite being at the head of a beautiful drainage and surrounded by impressive granite cliffs, Sugar Pine Lake doesn’t get as many visitors as ...
Boulder CreekView Trail Details
The Boulder Creek Trail ascends gradually along its namesake creek, climbing steadily but not steeply through oak, madrone, incense-cedar, and ...
East Boulder and Upper Boulder LakesView Trail Details
How many Boulder lakes can one wilderness have? This group of Boulders (which includes East, Upper, Middle, West, and Lower) is not to be confused ...
North Fork Coffee Creek LoopView Trail Details
Most people use the North Fork Coffee Creek Trail to stroll 3.5 miles to historic Hodges Cabin, spend the day poking around the idyllic site, ...
Twin Lakes and Fish LakeView Trail Details
The hike: Twin Lakes and Fish Lake are shallow little ponds that sit in an isolated drainage northwest of Deadman Peak. Neither big, nor deep, ...
Hidden LakeView Trail Details
The hike: With a name like Hidden Lake, you might expect this to be a difficult hike into a remote, hard-to-find basin. Don’t come here if that’s ...
