California · Hiking · Marble Mountain Wilderness

Shadow Lake

Shadow LakePhoto: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
0.4 mi
round trip
150 ft
climb
6,660 ft
high point
Out and back
route

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Alert in the area

The Forest Service lists 2 alerts for Klamath National Forest.

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Shadow Lake is a short, easy hike in the Marble Mountain Wilderness, part of the Scott River Ranger District of Klamath National Forest in California. The Forest Service manages the land, and the trail is a natural-surface out-and-back that covers about 0.4 miles with a one-way climb of about 150 feet. The route starts at an elevation of roughly 6,479 feet and reaches about 6,660 feet at the lake. The hike is a quick outing, so it works well as a short stop within the wilderness. For a longer day, Cold Spring and the Shadow Lake Trail both lie about 0.6 miles away, and Little Marble Valley is about 1.6 miles off. Climbers can head to Marble Mountain, about 1.7 miles away.

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