Canyon Creek hike outside Junction City, CA is a popular place to access the Trinity Alps. Most of the hikes are long and overnighters but we did a shorter 6 mile version into the wildernes. We got an early hike one weekday and drove out to the Canyon Creek Trailhead. The drive is up a …
Month: July 2026
Sweepstakes Trail is a newer trail in the Weaverville Basin Trail network but it’s hard to get to. We got an early start one morning to mountain bike it. It was indeed hard and I probably won’t do it again. This primarily downhill trail starts way up high in the mountains above Weaverville, CA and …
The FB Trail winds through the hills above the shores of Lake Keswick with near constant great views of the lake and river from this trail. This is an out and back so you can turn around when you want. The whole thing would be over 23 miles each way if you rode to Shasta …
I love this area for all the rivers, lakes, and trails! Lewiston Lake is a small dammed section of Trinity River that sits just below Trinity Lake. On a quiet week day, we did a big road loop that went through the town of Lewiston, by the lake, and up along Trinity Lake too. Big …
A few weeks ago we came across a couple that told us about Trinidad, CA and said we should visit there. So we did! Trinidad is a tiny, historic seaside village that sits on a bluff where massive coastal redwoods meet the rugged Pacific ocean. Trinidad used to be home to indigenous people called Yurok. …