Tollgate Trail

California

California

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9.8 mi

Distance

3,127 ft

Gain

2h 55m

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.

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What's missing

  • No access route mapped

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Out & back

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Tollgate Trail

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Elevation & route

Distance
9.8 mi
Elevation gain
3,127 ft
Elevation loss
3,127 ft
Highest point
6,616 ft
Lowest point
4,471 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Tollgate Trail is a 13.22-mile out-and-back hike in California with 3,127 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 6,616 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
5,533 ft
High point
6,616 ft
Total climbing
3,127 ft
Total descent
3,127 ft
Length (round trip)
20 mi
Shape
Out and back

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 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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