Bear Paw Trail

California

California

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0.9 mi

Distance

1,107 ft

Gain

40 min

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Shasta-Trinity National Forest

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
0.9 mi
Elevation gain
1,107 ft
Elevation loss
1,107 ft
Highest point
4,099 ft
Lowest point
3,766 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Bear Paw Trail is a 1.86-mile out-and-back route in California with 1,107 feet of elevation gain and loss, reaching a maximum elevation of 4,099 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
3,766 ft
High point
4,099 ft
Total climbing
1,107 ft
Total descent
1,107 ft
Steepest stretch
18% grade around mile 0.2 on the way out
Length (round trip)
1.9 mi
Shape
Out and back

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Shasta-Trinity National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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