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• Preserve the serenity of the backcountry. Avoid making loud noises.

• Keep group size to a minimum: 10 people is the limit in the Trinity Alps and Castle Crags, 25 in the Russian Wilderness.

• Yield the right-of-way to equestrians. Step well off the trail on the downhill side. Yield the right-of-way to uphill hikers.

• Leave the wilderness as you found it, or better than you found it, if possible.

chapter 1

Trips in Whiskeytown

National Recreation Area

In July 2018, the Carr Fire devastated Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. For the latest information on recovery and closings/reopenings, call 530-242-3400 or visit nps.gov/whis.

Although the Whiskeytown Unit of Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area, also known by the more streamlined name of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area (NRA), is best known for holding a good-sized artificial lake where Sacramento Valley residents can beat the scorching summer heat, the area offers fine hiking, especially in spring, when wildflowers cover the slopes, streams are full, and a trio of scenic waterfalls peaks. This chapter has four day hikes: a splendid 6.5-mile loop trip to the summit of view-packed, 2,616-foot-high Kanaka Peak, and three short out-and-back romps to waterfalls. While spring is best for the falls and the beautiful flowers, hiking here in the fall, when daytime temperatures have abated and autumn colors reach their peak, can be pleasant as well. Summer visitors should hike in the morning or in the evening, when the temperatures are more tolerable.