North Fork Salmon Trail

California

California

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4.0 mi

Distance

3,640 ft

Gain

2h 21m

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Klamath 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

Through-trail
Big climb
Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
4.0 mi
Elevation gain
3,640 ft
Elevation loss
3,640 ft
Highest point
3,322 ft
Lowest point
2,874 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

North Fork Salmon Trail is an 8.04-mile out-and-back route in California with 3,640 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 3,322 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
2,874 ft
High point
3,322 ft
Total climbing
3,640 ft
Total descent
3,640 ft
Steepest stretch
13% grade around mile 0.5 on the way out
Length (round trip)
8 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

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Klamath 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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