The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from june until october.
Trinity alps bear bason granite lake loop.
Warning day 2 is probably the most strenuous day of the hike.
Roughly a year before a very close friend of mine passed away in my arms while i tried to save their life.
The four lakes loop in the trinity alps wilderness is mile for mile one of the best hikes in the trinity alps.
In a long weekend trip you can experience lush forests valleys and meadows followed by mountain lakes and scenic vista after scenic vista.
Dogs and horses are also able to use this trail.
We hadn t planned to go to bear basin.
We day hiked to seven up pass.
6 000 feet with a starting elevation of 3 760 feet and a peak elevation of 7 760 feet.
With the day hike from granite lake that we did last year we completed the loop around seven up peak.
Bear basin trinity alps trip july 14 16 2013.
Bear basin granite lake loop closed is a 14 2 mile heavily trafficked loop trail located near trinity center california that features a lake and is rated as difficult.
The four lakes loop is a 20 mile out and back backpacking trip from the long canyon trailhead in the trinity alps wilderness area a 5 7 mile one way hike gets you to the four lakes loop trail which is a 6 mile loop connecting four alpine lakes within a beautiful area of the trinity alps.
Bear basin to summit lake.
This trip is half of the bear basin granite lake loop in the trinity alps.
Last summer i took a three day backpacking trip through the trinity alps.