3 DAY 2 NIGHT Backpacking Trip: Trinity Alps, Canyon Creek Boulder Lake

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Canyon Creek Lakes/ Boulder Creek Lakes Trinity Alps

The Canyon Creek Lakes/ Boulder Creek Lake are likely the most popular destinations in the Trinity Alps, and for good reason. They have everything a backpacker wants: roaring creeks with waterfalls, verdant meadows, abundant wildflowers, deep, rock-ringed lakes, and towering granite peaks.

Surround yourself with steep, jagged granite peaks. Sunbathe on flat, house-size granite slabs. Wander through lush meadows. Swim in deep, cool lakes. This trip offers all this and more as it takes you deep into the Trinity Alps.

Note that campfires are forbidden at Canyon Creek Lakes and the Boulder Creek Lakes, but also in the areas from 500 feet beyond the junction of the Canyon Creek Lakes Trail/Boulder Creek Lakes Trail, all the way up to both sets of lakes. Ideally you should camp around this trail junction or in one of the many campsites farther downstream or upstream, and then day hike up to the lakes.

This trip will require a bear canister preferred or you can hang your food.

We will also need a wilderness permit. These are available 24/7 at the Weaverville Ranger Station. For more information, call 530-623-2121.

Canyon Creek Lakes,

Length: 21 miles round-trip

Hiking time: 3 Days

High point: 6,400 feet

Water: available from lakes and creeks (purify first)

Maps: USGS 7.5′ Mount Hilton, USFS Trinity Alps Wilderness

Information: Weaverville Ranger Station, Shasta–Trinity National Forest

Driving directions to the trailhead: Take Highway 299 to Junction City, 8 miles northwest of Weaverville, and then turn east 75 yards southeast of the Junction City bridge onto Canyon Creek Road. Drive 13.2 miles on the paved road that follows Canyon Creek to the Canyon Creek trailhead. (http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/boulder-creek-lakes-drainage-trinities.jpg) (http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/boulder-creek-lakes-drainage-trinities.jpg)

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Good info and map on summitpost.

http://www.summitpost.org/canyon-creek-trail/37299 (http://www.summitpost.org/canyon-creek-trail/372992)