This hike is located at one of the northernmost areas in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Plumas County, California.
A local hiker told me about the Peters Creek Trail located in the North Arm part of the valley running along Peters Creek all the way. This hike takes you up to an elevation of 5700' into the Plumas National Forest. Larry estimated about a 15-20% grade climb pretty much all the way with a max of 30% that runs 3 1/2 miles one way. A bit of a challenging hike that ended up being a 2324' elevation gain.
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| Toward the top. Grand vistas. |
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| The river was running higher than usual because of the wet spring we had been having. Larry's long legs spanned it fine, my 5'2" height made it a bit more challenging because of the slick rocks. |
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| Lucky S mine is an old ghost town that was deserted in the 50s. |
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| Nice Steps. Kudos to the trail builders! |
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| Red Larkspur |
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| Lupin was just starting to bloom |
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The trail disappeared on this mountain of rocks.
But flags were tied along the route.
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| Near the top were patches of snow melting from a spring storm that had passed through the day before. |
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After a year of severe drought in California we were gifted with an extremely wet winter and spring.
Moss, lichens and green ferns were abundant along the trail.
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At the top the trail ended on an old logging road near Taylor Lake.
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Recrossing the river at the bottom proved a lot more that we had anticipated because the water level had risen due to all the snow melting. We ended up having to hike downstream and spanning some unstable logs making for quite an adventuresome ending to an adventurous hike. We started out at 10:30 in the morning and got back to the car at 5:30. It ended up taking us 4 1/2 hrs up and 2 1/2 back. Another great day in the outdoors in Plumas County.
*For distance and elevation guide I used "Map My Ride" and Larry used his "Garmin".
* If interested in more photos in Plumas County check out my album on SmugMug - Plumas County
* About the Author: I run a food wagon Elaine's in Greenville and serve part time as a photographer. Larry works 5 hours away building high rises in the San Francisco Bay area and is an avid cyclist.
