California hiking trails - Copper Trail, Siskiyou Mountains, Siskiyou County

   
  This part of California has an outstanding deal of available outdoors endeavors. There are many great backcountry trails in California; Copper Trail is one of them, and it's in Siskiyou County. Backcountry trekking in California is something that is always fun to do. Finally, backpacking time is here again, and Copper Trail in Siskiyou County, California is a really brilliant location to spend some time. Copper Trail is located a quite long tour from Medford, but backpacking it is brilliant amusement any time. The backcountry hiking trails of the Siskiyou
    Mountains are a really good way to spend quality time in nature. It is very dried out here at Copper Trail usually; throughout December this area sees the most rain; the driest month is July. This is one of a very small number of great outdoors hiking trails in this neighborhood.
This area does get very dry sometimes, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. High temperatures at Copper Trail during the summer months are in the 80's with overnight lows in the 50's. Daytime highs during the winter are in the 40's, and after the sun is down during the winter temperatures at Copper Trail sink into the 20's. This backcountry trail has a total elevation difference of 954 feet, and that is lower than average. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in site. Copper Trail is on  
the short side with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a wonderful great outdoors hiking trail for the average person looking for a wonderful adventure. There's not much difference in elevation along Copper Trail, so you won’t have to worry about different climate zones along your backcountry walk. Copper Trail is a two ended backcountry trail with two trailheads, so backpacking it one way is an option if you can arrange for a ride back. Each backcountry trail in California has its own unique beauty. This walk shouldn't take more than 2.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Being 2.8 miles long it's a shorter type backcountry walk. This backpacking trail is not that long but it's always good to bring some emergency supplies, you never know what could happen.

Briefly about the general area:
There's so much to do here at Copper Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Tree of Heaven Campground is a wonderful place for that, and a good place for whitewater paddling is Klamath River.
All the outdoors entertaining stuff in the Siskiyou Mountains will keep you coming back repeatedly. Copper Trail is good enough to spend more than a day at, Yreka RV Park is a good local campground; Bear Creek is one of the streams nearby that might be worth stopping at.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 41.8985, Longitude -122.6987
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Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 41.9155, Longitude -122.6972
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Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 1.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 1 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 1.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 1 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 1.4 miles
Total climbing distance = .2 miles
Difficulty : Easy
Casual Hiking Pace: 1 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: .5 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 2.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.2 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 2.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 1.5 hours

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 2.8 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.2 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 2.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 1.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 954 feet


Super 8 Yreka, Yreka
10 miles away
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These outdoors activities are available near Copper Trail.
 Trails Near Copper Trail:
Bear Creek Trail, Siskiyou County , 2 miles away, 7.1 hiking miles, 3136 feet elevation difference
Clear Creek Trail, Siskiyou County , 5 miles away,  3.8 hiking miles, 743 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Copper Trail:
Tree of Heaven Campground, Siskiyou County, 5 miles away
Yreka RV Park, Yreka, 11 miles away
Waiiaka Trailer Haven, Yreka, 11 miles away
Oaks Mobile Home and RV Park Campground, Klamath River, 12 miles away
Glenyan Campground Of Ashland, Ashland, 13 miles away
 Whitewater Near Copper Trail:
Klamath River, Siskiyou County County , 5 miles away, Class II - 48 miles long (Iron Gate Dam to Sarah Totten Camp Ground)
 National Parks Near Copper Trail:
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, Whiskeytown - CA , 62 miles away
Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake - OR , 64 miles away
Oregon Caves National Monument, Cave Junction - OR , 65 miles away
 Hotels Near Copper Trail:
Super 8 Yreka, Yreka , 10 miles away
Best Western Miner's Inn, Yreka , 11 miles away
Econo Lodge Inn & Suites, Yreka , 11 miles away
Holiday Inn Express YREKA-SHASTA AREA, Yreka , 11 miles away
Rodeway Inn Yreka, Yreka , 11 miles away

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