California hiking trails - Mount Lola Trail, Northern Sierra Nevada, Sierra County

   
  Backcountry hiking trails for backpacking, and backpacking can be found all over California; Mount Lola Trail in Sierra County is one of them. No chance of getting bored in California if you like the wilderness. When you're here in California backpacking along one of its great outdoors hiking trails is always a fun thing to do. This is a long great outdoors hiking trail, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. The total elevation difference for this great outdoors hiking trail is 2,630 feet which is higher than average. At Mount Lola Trail through
    the months of summer highs are in the 80's, and during summer nights temperatures are in the 40's. Daytime highs during the winter are in the 40's while Mount Lola Trail night low temperatures during the winter are in the 10's. This hike should take you about 2 days, so make sure
you've got all your overnight gear packed. Being 14.4 miles long; it's a long backpacking and hiking trail. Some parts of Mount Lola Trail are much higher up than other parts of the backpacking and hiking trail, and that means that some parts of the backpacking and hiking trail could be very different from other parts of it. Backcountry hiking trails like this one here in the Northern Sierra Nevada are a really pleasant way to spend quality time in the wilderness. Every great outdoors hiking trail in California has something unique to offer. Mount Lola  
Trail is many miles long having an average number of uphill miles which makes it a brilliant backpacking trail for experienced hikers in good shape. Rather far from Truckee-Grass Valley you encounter Mount Lola Trail, but you always have a magnificent time when you're hiking along it. Time to get out, and breathe some fresh air, and Mount Lola Trail in Sierra County, California is a really great site to spend some time. This is a two-ended great outdoors hiking trail with two trailheads which means you have the option of hiking it one way if you have someone to pick you up at the other end. Mount Lola Trail is mostly a relatively dehydrated place; through January this area sees the most snow, and July meanwhile is the driest month. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in place. This is just one of a large number of backpacking trails in this area. This vicinity does get very dry sometimes, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go.

Briefly about the general area:
Soar down the rapids of Fordyce Creek in a kayak. There's so much to do here at Mount Lola Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Cold Creek - Tahoe National Forest is a perfect spot for that. And if that's not enough, there's a load more to do in the neighborhood of Mount Lola Trail. Don’t forget to go to Cold Stream Meadow since you're here at Mount Lola Trail.
Paddling on Yuba River - South Fork is so much fun. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Mount Lola Trail has to offer, you can camp at Independence Lake Campground. You definitely must have a thing about the Northern Sierra Nevada. You have to unquestionably dedicate some time to Dry Meadow while you're here at Mount Lola Trail, and hey, Upper Independence Creek is a great local stream. Take a side trip to Cold Stream; while you're here, you might as well go to Perazzo Canyon.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 39.4898, Longitude -120.3421
- - Directions and Road Map

Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 39.4198, Longitude -120.3891
- - Directions and Road Map


Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 7.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 4.6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 7.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 4 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 7.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 1.6 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 5.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 3 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 14.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 6.2 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 2 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 8.5 hours

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 14.4 miles
Total climbing distance = 6.2 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace: 2 days
Fast Hiking Pace: 8.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 2630 feet


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 Trails Near Mount Lola Trail:
Warren Lake Trail, Nevada County , 3 miles away, 6.6 hiking miles, 2381 feet elevation difference
Cottonwood Overlook Trail, Sierra County , 6 miles away, 1.2 hiking miles, 607 feet elevation difference
Cottonwood Botanical Trail, Sierra County , 6 miles away, 0.8 hiking miles, 274 feet elevation difference
Cottonwood Fisherman Trail, Sierra County , 6 miles away, 3.6 hiking miles, 737 feet elevation difference
Lola Montez Trail, Nevada County , 7 miles away, 1.5 hiking miles, 458 feet elevation difference
Glacier Lakes Trail, Nevada County , 10 miles away, 4.1 hiking miles, 559 feet elevation difference
Heath Falls Overlook Trail, Placer County , 11 miles away, 5.2 hiking miles, 1601 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Mount Lola Trail:
Independence Lake Campground, Sierra County, 4 miles away
Cold Creek - Tahoe National Forest, Nevada City, 5 miles away
Sagehen Campground, Nevada County, 6 miles away
Sagehen Creek Campground, Nevada County, 7 miles away
Van Norden Campground, Nevada County, 7 miles away
 Whitewater Near Mount Lola Trail:
Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada/ Placer County County , 12 miles away, Class IV-V - 5.2 miles long (Kingvale to Cisco Grove)
Fordyce Creek, Nevada County County , 16 miles away, Class IV-V - 12 miles long (Fordyce Lake to Lake Spaulding)
Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada/ Placer County County , 18 miles away, Class IV-V(V+) - 7.5 miles long (Cisco Grove to Spaulding Reservoir)
Truckee River, Placer/ Nevada County County , 20 miles away, Class II-III - 27 miles long (Alpine Meadows Road to Floriston)
Truckee River, Nevada/ Sierra/ Washoe County County , 23 miles away, Class III - 8 miles long (Farad Powerhouse to Verdi)
 Hotels Near Mount Lola Trail:
Holiday Inn Express Truckee, Ca, Truckee , 11 miles away
The Inn At Truckee, Truckee , 12 miles away
Hampton Inn & Suites Tahoe-Truckee, CA, Truckee , 13 miles away
Best Western Truckee Tahoe Inn, Truckee , 15 miles away
Plumpjack Squaw Valley Inn, Olympic Valley , 15 miles away
 Lakes Near Mount Lola Trail
Independence Lake, Nevada County , 4 miles away
Frog Lake, Nevada County , 5 miles away

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