Mount Washington Trail

California

California

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2.8 mi

Distance

2,250 ft

Gain

1h 35m

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Plumas 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

Out & back

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Mount Washington Trail

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Elevation & route

Distance
2.8 mi
Elevation gain
2,250 ft
Elevation loss
2,250 ft
Highest point
7,336 ft
Lowest point
6,988 ft
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Dogs
unknown
Bikes
no

About this trail

Mount Washington Trail is a 5.68-mile out-and-back hike in California with 2,250 feet of elevation gain and loss, reaching a maximum elevation of 7,336 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
7,128 ft
High point
7,336 ft
Total climbing
2,250 ft
Total descent
2,250 ft
Steepest stretch
24% grade around mile 1.8 on the way out
Length (round trip)
5.7 mi
Shape
Out and back

The climb is steady from start to finish.

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

Where it is

Source: USFS EDW boundaries

Conditions

Active alerts for Plumas 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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