The South Kelsey Trail was first designated as a National Recreation Trail in 1979, but was used by early miners between 1855-1880 as a route between Crescent City and Fort Jones and other inland mines in the Klamath River region and Yreka. Along with the Old Kelsey Trail, the South Kelsey is a key portion […]
Big Trees
Marble Mountain Wilderness – Section 12 The Bigfoot Trail celebrates the amazing trees of the Klamath Mountains. Outside of Redwood Country in coastal Del Norte County, the trees don’t get much more impressive than in Section 12 of the Marble Mountain Wilderness. The preservation of lower elevation forests is rare in California. Exceptions are in […]
2019 Bear Creek (Boulder Creek) Trail Brush Out
The Bear Creek / Boulder Creek trail connecting the Stuart’s Fork drainage with Canyon Creek in the Trinity Alps Wilderness received attention from 5 stalwart crew members during the weekend of July 11 – July 14. Most of the work was lopping the alder laden north facing slope of this trail, in addition to moving […]
Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act
Rep. Huffman Introduces Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act
2019 Klamath Mountain Snowpack Updates
2019 has been an exceptional year for snowpack in the Klamath Mountains.
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act & Eel River Wilderness
Celebrating 50 Years The Eel River Recovery Project has a goal to empower communities to collaborate in monitoring the ecological conditions of the Eel River. To share information about the health of the watershed and to work together to formulate and implement a restoration strategy They are hosting an event on November 4th at the Fortuna […]
BFT Trail Safety
The BFT isn’t like the PCT. Trail safety is of utmost importance as there are no trail markers, in places the trail is indistinct, and in places there are significant obstacles like downed trees and thick brush. Cell phone reception is limited or non-existent. News broke on June 23rd that a Bigfoot Trail hiker did […]
Updated Fire Closures
It is not a good time to be on the Bigfoot Trail. Hopefully we get early rains and the fall season opens up for hiking.You can also view our interactive map for higher resolution viewing.
