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SHORT HIKE 3.8 miles 600' elevation gain
best season: 0:55 drive dogs welcome partially burned in the Dixie Fire 2021, A short hike into the canyon near the headwaters of Butte Creek. This is the lowest elevation of the High Country hikes, and many a hiker reacquaints with the mountains here, as the heat builds in the Valley far below. In 2021 the trail became accessible (road snow-free, trail snow-free except for a few small patches) the same day the Humbug Weather Station snow water content went to zero.
This hike is in Lassen National Forest; owned by the public, managed by Lassen National Forest. Backpacking welcomed; campfires welcomed except late Summer & early Fall. (campsites burned Aug 2021)
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Guide (66MB) Maps (May 2017 edition)
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