Secret Canyon Trail

California

California

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0.5 mi

Distance

749 ft

Gain

17 min

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Tahoe 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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Elevation & route

Distance
0.5 mi
Elevation gain
749 ft
Elevation loss
749 ft
Highest point
3,530 ft
Lowest point
3,145 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Secret Canyon Trail is a 1.06-mile out-and-back hike in California with 749 feet of elevation gain and 749 feet of elevation loss, reaching a maximum elevation of 3,530 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
3,504 ft
High point
3,530 ft
Total climbing
749 ft
Total descent
749 ft
Steepest stretch
40% grade around mile 0.4 on the way out
Length (round trip)
1.1 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)

When to go

Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Downieville, CA weather station, 2.1 mi away. High / low in °F, and days with snow.

  1. Jan48° high30° low2 days with snow
  2. Feb52° high31° low2 days with snow
  3. Mar58° high33° low2 days with snow
  4. Apr63° high36° low1 days with snow
  5. May72° high42° low
  6. Jun81° high46° low
  7. Jul89° high51° low
  8. Aug89° high50° low
  9. Sep83° high46° low
  10. Oct72° high39° low
  11. Nov56° high33° low1 days with snow
  12. Dec46° high29° low2 days with snow

Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Tahoe 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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Alpenglow Expeditions

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