Marble Mountain Wilderness Backpacking

This group met up for a three day backpacking trip on labor day weekend.

Marble mountain wilderness backpacking.

Mountain tops wildflower laden meadows and an impressive 89 lakes are found in the marble mountains wilderness in northern california. While her boyfriend dave sets up camp jen bounces around their campsite alongside lower sky high lake admiring the high overhanging cliffs glowing orange in the late afternoon light. The marble mountains are part of the klamaths a biologically and geologically diverse range of peaks and ridges often overshadowed by its western neighbors in the cascades. The marble mountain wilderness is located in the klamath national forest in northern california.

Reviews 104 photos 370 recordings 76 karl g reviewed lover s camp to sky high and. As she gazed out over the horizon at a sunset made vibrant by distant wildfire smoke she cried her first trail tears. This area was originally designated as a primitive area in 1931 and is one of the original wilderness areas designated by the 1964 wilderness act. The marble rim is the signature feature of this subrange a white wall of rock that glimmers in the sun.

104 reviews directions print pdf map. Craggy peaks deep canyons cloaked in conifer forests abundant meadows wild and scenic river segments and 89. The pct crosses the wilderness and boulder peak the tallest in the park rises to an impressive 8299 feet. Jen is a bubbly 27 year old australian girl backpacking for the first time in the marble mountain wilderness.

We took the sky high lakes trail hooked up. Marble mountain wilderness backpacking. A california campfire permit is required and are available at any. The marble mountain wilderness has been recognized for its wild values for generations.

We chose the marble mountain wilderness because it s roughly halfway between reno tahoe and portland oregon a 5 or 6 hour drive for everyone. Best backpacking trails in marble mountain wilderness.