Bears In The Marble Mountain Wilderness

It is managed by the u s.

Bears in the marble mountain wilderness. Dogs are also able to use this trail. Forest service and is within the klamath national forest in siskiyou county. There isn t a lot of information available about the trails in the marbles. The 17 mile sky high lake loop is my favorite trail.

If we lived closer i d visit them every week. When hiking or camping in the siskiyou wilderness be bear aware likely to be seen are black bears ranging in color from black to light cinnamon brown deer douglas squirrel california quail and. At night it was a little breezy and they stopped. The trail is primarily used for hiking walking nature trips and backpacking and is best used from april until november.

The area is lush with plants flowers old trees big bears mountains made of marble and of course swimming lakes. Paradise lake and bear lake marble mountain wilderness october 21 2018 october 21 2018 the smoke is still lingering in the area due to a few persistent fires so i made my best effort to get away from it heading for the marble mountains in northern california. I d probably buy a mule and just disappear up there. California s marble mountain wilderness offers some of the finest backcountry in the northstate.

Thankfully i have art bernstein s book best hikes of the marble mountain and russian wilderness areas california written in 1996 but to date still the best resource available at amazon however since it is aging it s best to visit a local ranger station such as the one in fort jones as the klamath. While the views of marble mountain and the valley are awesome it had quite a few bugs. The marble mountains are my favorite wilderness. The scramble up to the peak in this map follows an area with very high brush i actually moved to the more rocky approach slightly east before the end of the trail.

A trip combining these areas boasts beautiful lakes lush meadows excellent views and the opportunity to see one. At the same time we were preparing to head into this same distant region deep into the klamath mountains to climb little known 7 405 foot kings castle in the marble mountain wilderness. The marble mountain wilderness is a 241 744 acre 978 30 km2 wilderness area located 60 miles 97 km southwest of yreka california in the united states.