Ralson Trail
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
1.3 mi
Distance
1,661 ft
Gain
53 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Shasta-Trinity National Forest
3 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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Ralson Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,661 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,661 ft
- Highest point
- 4,937 ft
- Lowest point
- 4,415 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Ralson Trail is a 2.68-mile out-and-back route in California with 1,661 feet of elevation gain and loss, reaching a maximum elevation of 4,937 feet.
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