California hiking trails - Divide Trail, Klamath Mountains, Trinity County

   
  There are so many delightful hiking and backpacking trails for backcountry backpacking in California, and Divide Trail in Trinity County is one of them. You can't spend all your time indoors you need to get out once in a while, and Divide Trail in Trinity County, California is a tremendous place to go. With so many outdoors activities available in California you'll never get bored. Divide Trail is a very long way away from modern life, and it is a really fine trail. Now, this is roughly a 2-day walk, so it's an excellent thing if your backpack is big
    enough to do the job. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in location. The total elevation difference for this great outdoors trail is 1,022 feet which is about average. Every single California hiking and backpacking trail is well worth a backcountry
trek. This area does get very dry sometimes, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. This is a hiking and backpacking trail that is quite long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. Divide Trail gets a normal amount of annual rain; all through the month of December you get the most rain around here; July is when it's the driest. Through the warm months here at Divide Trail, high temperatures frequently get into the 90's with nighttime lows in the 50's. For the period of  
the wintertime highs are mostly in the 40's, and nighttime lows in the 30's for Divide Trail. The great outdoors hiking trails of the Klamath Mountains are a very fine way to see these mountaintops. There are not too many backcountry trails in this vicinity. Divide Trail is a two ended great outdoors trail with two trailheads which means you have the option of backcountry trekking it one way if you have someone to pick you up at the other end. With its 13.4 miles of walking distance; it's considered a longer backcountry hike. Here in California backcountry backpacking is a perfect way to spend some time. Divide Trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time which means the conditions are about the same from start to finish. The length of Divide Trail is on the longer side having an average number of uphill miles which makes this backcountry trail great for hard core backpackers looking for adventure.

Briefly about the general area:
Paddling on Hayfork Creek is so much fun, and don't forget to take a good little trip to Hall City Creek. Not far from Divide Trail you stumble on Wilson Point. There's so much to do here at Divide Trail that you need to camp here for a while, North Fork Beegum Campground is a magnificent place for that.
There's no way anybody can get bored here in the Klamath Mountains. Divide Trail is great enough to spend more than a day at, Pine Root Spring Campground is a great local campground; nearby Gemmill Gulch is a perfect site to go. Wilson Creek is a picturesque stream that is worth taking a look at.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 40.4044, Longitude -123.082
- - Directions and Road Map

Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 40.4754, Longitude -123.1101
- - Directions and Road Map


Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 6.7 miles
Total climbing distance = 2.9 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 6 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 3.5 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 6.7 miles
Total climbing distance = 3.6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 6.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 3.5 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 13.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 6.5 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 2 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 8 hours

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 13.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 6.5 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 2 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 8 hours

Total elevation difference: 1022 feet


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 Trails Near Divide Trail:
Bluford Trail, Shasta County , 12 miles away, 3 hiking miles, 2510 feet elevation difference
Rough Gulch Trail, Trinity County , 15 miles away,  8 hiking miles, 4155 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Divide Trail:
North Fork Beegum Campground, Shasta County, 7 miles away
Pine Root Spring Campground, Trinity County, 7 miles away
Philpot Campground, Trinity County, 8 miles away
Basin Gulch Campgrounds, Shasta County, 9 miles away
Mesa Pines Mobile Home Park, Hayfork, 10 miles away
 Whitewater Near Divide Trail:
Hayfork Creek, Trinity County County , 2 miles away, Class III - 3.5 miles long (Above Highway 36 to Highway 36)
Hayfork Creek, Trinity County County , 10 miles away, Class III-V - 12.7 miles long (Gemmil Gulch Picnic Ground to Carr Creek)
Beegum Creek, Shasta / Tehama County County , 13 miles away, Class IV-V(V+) - 7 miles long (USFS Campground to State Highway 36)
Cottonwood Creek - Middle Fork, Shasta/ Tehama County County , 17 miles away, Class IV - 11.1 miles long (Knob Gulch confluence to Platina Road)
Canyon Creek, Trinity County County , 17 miles away, Class III-IV - 8.5 miles long (Bridge 8.5 miles upstream of Junction City to Junction City)
 National Parks Near Divide Trail:
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, Whiskeytown - CA , 36 miles away
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Howard Johnson Express Inn - Redding, Redding , 50 miles away

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