Mad Ridge Trail
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
1.1 mi
Distance
892 ft
Gain
38 min
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside Six Rivers 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
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Mad Ridge Trail
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.1 mi
- Elevation gain
- 892 ft
- Elevation loss
- 892 ft
- Highest point
- 3,998 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,637 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Mad Ridge Trail is a 2.14-mile out-and-back hike in California with 892 feet of elevation gain and loss, reaching a maximum elevation of 3,998 feet.
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