Backpacking the Caribou Lakes Basin, Trinity Alps Wilderness

[Aaron Zagrodnick]

I sat with my face squished against the passenger-side window, trying to get a better view of the toothy white summits jutting above the western horizon. Driving south on Interstate 5, Mount Shasta hardly seemed worth a glance compared to this jagged range I hadn’t even realized existed. Pulling up Google Maps, it didn’t take long to identify the range. A quick search brought stories of rugged traverses of knife-edge ridges and lakeside campsites ringed by granite cliffs. Looking back at the snow-covered peaks, a new destination jumped to the top of my list - the Trinity Alps...

@mgraw with a scenic trip to the Trinity Alps Wilderness - take a look in Issue 31:

Walls of Granite: Exploring the Caribou Lakes Basin of the Trinity Alps

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