Trinity Alps & Vicinity: Including Whiskeytown, Russian Wilderness, and Castle Crags Areas: A Hiking and Backpacking Guide

by Mike White

The Trinity Alps mountain range in the northwest corner of California forms a rugged divide, tucked between the Coast Ranges and the Cascades in a half-million acres of wilderness. Nearby Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, Russian Wilderness, and Castle Crags Wilderness all offer miles of trails and recreation areas to explore. The fifth edition of this classic hiking guide, in print for more than 25 years, has been completely revamped and now covers not only trails and cross-country routes in the Alps but in the nearby recreation lands. It contains descriptions of 48 of the best day hikes and backpack trips, and has all-new maps and elevation profiles for each specially selected hike. Over 600 miles of trail and cross-country routes are covered in this most comprehensive recreation guide to the area.

Genres: Outdoors

344 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Laura Sheffield · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great directions, lots of descriptions and options. Map segments are included, photographs, difficulty ratings, days to hike, mileage, elevations, optional side treks, camping, how secluded an area is or isn't, parking, and historical information for interest along your way. We carried it and enjoyed having it along.

[Zardoz · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Trinity Alps Wilderness is an amazing place, but there isn't a lot of information out there to plan your trip. This guide fills a lot of that gap covering camping, trailheads and backpacking trips in the wilderness.
The material is dated and changes so make sure you're reading the most current edition.