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California
BEAR CREEK TRAIL/ KELSEY NRT
3.5 mi
Distance
4,812 ft
Gain
3h 1m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Klamath National Forest
3 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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BEAR CREEK TRAIL/ KELSEY NRT
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 3.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,812 ft
- Elevation loss
- 4,812 ft
- Highest point
- 6,543 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,971 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Bear Creek Trail / Kelsey NRT is a 6.98-mile out-and-back trail in California with 4,812 feet of elevation gain and loss. The route reaches a maximum elevation of 6,543 feet.
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