
Backpack the Sky High Lakes in the Marble Mountains
5.0
13.25 mi
/ 2300 ft gain
The Marble Mountains are part of the Klamaths, a biologically and geologically diverse range of peaks and ridges often overshadowed by its western neighbors in the Cascades. The Marble Rim is the signature feature of this subrange, a white wall of...
Snowshoe or XC Ski to Watchman Overlook
5.0
8 mi
/ 500 ft gain
Starting at the Rim Village parking area, this snowshoe/cross-country ski trip (whichever you choose) heads out on snow-covered West Rim Drive, bound for the saddle between Hillman Peak and The Watchman, overlooking Wizard Island. The path is not ...
Hike the Sugarland Mountain Trail
12.3 mi
/ -3700 ft gain
Starting on the AT at just under 6,000 feet and ending at Fighting Creek Gap, just under 2,300 feet in elevation, the Sugarland Mountain Trail is a grand descent from the high divide of the Smokies. The spruce-fir forest where the trail begins is ...
Hike to Wildhorse Lake
2.5 mi
/ 1200 ft gain
From a parking area just below the summit of Steens Mountain, this 2.5-mile hike (1.25 each way) descends 1200 feet into a cirque at the head of Wildhorse Canyon to the shores of Wildhorse Lake. The stunning geography of Steens is on display the e...
Hike to the Summit of Black Butte
5.2 mi
/ 1850 ft gain
Black Butte is hard to miss from I-5 as it winds past the city of Mount Shasta. This lava dome formed roughly 9,000–10,000 years ago and isn't a cinder cone, though it does look like one. The rock that makes Black Butte was extruded instead of spe...
Hike to Heart Lake in the Klamath Mountains
4.0
2.2 mi
/ 600 ft gain
Scenes like this are rarely so accessible. Heart Lake is nestled in a bowl below Castle Peak, on the edge of the Castle Crags Wilderness just west of I-5 and the city of Mt. Shasta. The parking lot and trailhead are both located on the shore of Ca...
Hike to the Summit of Mt. McLoughlin
5.0
9 mi
/ 3900 ft gain
This is not an easy hike, but every step is more than worth it. Unlike Mount Thielsen to the north, this summit requires no scrambling/climbing; it's just a long, steep hike. Mount McLoughlin (named for John McLoughlin of Hudson's Bay Company and ...
Hike to Hobart Bluff
2.5 mi
/ 200 ft gain
Hobart Bluff is part of the Western Cascades, a range of weathered volcanic mountains that are much older than the High Cascades that most people think of today, the range of Shasta, Rainier, and Hood. These mountains are shorter as a result of th...
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