Moderate out-and-back hike to Ptarmigan Lake, high in the Collegiate Peaks above Buena Vista, Colorado.
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Dillon Pinnacles Trail (Curecanti National Recreation Area, CO)
Short hike in Curecanti National Recreation Area in central Colorado on the Dillon Pinnacles Trail.
Alpine Lakes Loop and Bristlecone-Glacier Trails (Great Basin National Park, NV)
Moderately-difficult stem-and-loop hike on the Alpine Lakes Loop Trail and Bristlecone-Glacier Trails in Nevada's Great Basin National Park.
Drake Lake Trail (Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA)
Five-mile stem-and-loop trek to remote Drake Lake in the Warner Valley area of Lassen Volcanic National Park.
Terminal Geyser, Little Willow Lake, & Boiling Springs Lake (Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA)
Moderate hike on the Pacific Crest Trail from Warner Valley to Terminal Geyser, Little Willow Lake, and Boiling Springs Lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park.
Trail Gulch Lake (Trinity Alps Wilderness, CA)
Short day hike to Trail Gulch Lake in the northern Trinity Alps Wilderness.
South Fork Lakes (Trinity Alps Wilderness, CA)
Short but strenuous hike on the Pacific Crest Trail and South Fork Lakes Trail to a pair of alpine lakes in the Trinity Alps Wilderness.
Fen Trail to Pacific Crest Trail (Klamath National Forest, CA)
The short Fen trail connects Kangaroo Lake with the Pacific Crest Trail but boasts excellent views of the Klamath Mountains in its own right.
Chalone Peak Trail (Pinnacles National Park, CA)
Rising to 3,304 feet, Chalone Peak is the highest point in California’s Pinnacles National Park and a worthy challenge for peak-baggers who seek to brave the exposed sun and 2,000 feet in elevation gain to reach the summit. The Chalone Peak Trail juts off from the end of Bear Gulch Cave in the eastern section …
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Bear Gulch Cave – Rim Trail Loop (Pinnacles National Park, CA)
Sporting one of California’s finest talus caves and shoreline access to a picturesque, rock-hewn reservoir, the Bear Gulch Cave Trail is one of the most popular hikes in Pinnacles National Park. Here a jumble of boulders, so large and tightly-packed that it blankets the ground with darkness, forms subterranean passages home to a resident colony …
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