Marble Mountain Wilderness Backpacking Trails

Wilderness permits are not required for trips into the marble mountain wilderness.

Marble mountain wilderness backpacking trails.

As she gazed out over the horizon at a sunset made vibrant by distant wildfire smoke she cried her first trail tears. The marble mountain wilderness is located in the klamath national forest in northern california. While her boyfriend dave sets up camp jen bounces around their campsite alongside lower sky high lake admiring the high overhanging cliffs glowing orange in the late afternoon light. Trails in marble mountain wilderness 30.

Jen is a bubbly 27 year old australian girl backpacking for the first time in the marble mountain wilderness. You ve arrived at the network of trails that winds through the high valleys below the marble rim. Reviews 104 photos 370 recordings 76 karl g reviewed lover s camp to sky high and. Photos of marble mountain wilderness 86.

A california campfire permit is required and are available at any. Backtrack to the pct and hike south 1 4 miles to the shadow lake trail and the hike s most spectacular campsite perched at cliff s edge hundreds of feet. We took the sky high lakes trail hooked up. Inquire at the ranger station before having a fire.

Best backpacking trails in marble mountain wilderness. A current california campfire permit is required to use a camp stove barbecue or have a campfire outside developed campgrounds. At 3 9 miles and after a couple of switchbacks and marble staircases near the end of the segment the trail comes to a fork. Etna summit to seiad valley.

Marble mountain wilderness backpacking. 57 1 mi 91 9 km 1 pct. No wilderness permits are required for day or overnight stays in the marble mountain wilderness. Hiking project is built by hikers like you.

Local fire restrictions supersede the campfire permit. Mountain tops wildflower laden meadows and an impressive 89 lakes are found in the marble mountains wilderness in northern california. This group met up for a three day backpacking trip on labor day weekend. The pct crosses the wilderness and boulder peak the tallest in the park rises to an impressive 8299 feet.

Cheryl strayed in wild found herself in the marble mountain wilderness of northern california at the midpoint of her pct hike she d been on the trail for approximately 50 days. Hiking project is built by hikers like you. A short off trail section brings you to marble mountain s 6 880 foot summit and exquisite views south from 1 000 foot cliffs to the trinity alps and north to the dark hulk of black mountain.