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Coarsegrass Meadow Trail
California
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.3 mi
Distance
283 ft
Gain
14 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Sierra 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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Why you'll love it
Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back
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Coarsegrass Meadow Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 283 ft
- Elevation loss
- 283 ft
- Highest point
- 7,274 ft
- Lowest point
- 7,040 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Coarsegrass Meadow Trail is a 0.68-mile out-and-back route in California with 283 feet of elevation gain and 283 feet of elevation loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 7,274 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 7,040 ft
- High point
- 7,274 ft
- Total climbing
- 283 ft
- Total descent
- 283 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 19% grade right from the start
- Length (round trip)
- 0.7 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Most of the climbing comes early, so the second half is easier.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
When to go
Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Huntington Lake, CA weather station, 1.1 mi away. High / low in °F.
- Jan43° high24° low
- Feb44° high23° low
- Mar46° high26° low
- Apr50° high29° low
- May56° high36° low
- Jun66° high42° low
- Jul74° high49° low
- Aug74° high49° low
- Sep68° high44° low
- Oct58° high37° low
- Nov49° high31° low
- Dec44° high25° low
Where it is
- High Sierra Ranger District · Ranger district
- Sierra National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Sierra National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:
Forest Order removes Fish Camp, Soda Springs, and Little Jackass from closure list
caution · posted Oct 9, 2026
Wilderness Campfire Restrictions Order
fire-restriction · posted Aug 24, 2026
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Wilderness Food and Refuse Storage
critical · posted Aug 24, 2026
critical · posted Aug 24, 2026
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Safety Tips for Burned Areas: Garnet Fire Area
critical · posted Aug 24, 2026
Forest Order - Reopening Kinnikinnick CG, Florence Lake Picnic Area
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Forest Order - Reopen Ross Crossing Dispersed Camping, Stevenson Trail bridge closure
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
05-15-00-26-08 - Reopening Jackass Meadow
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Coarsegrass MeadowHiking0.3 mi
- Billy CreekMountain biking0.4 mi
- Billy Creek, UpperCamping0.5 mi
- Lower Billy CreekCamping0.5 mi
- Big CreekCanoeing2.1 mi
- Pitman CreekCanoeing2.7 mi
- Sloth AreaRock climbing5.3 mi
- Camp 72Rock climbing5.3 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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