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California
Tangle Blue
5.2 mi
Distance
1,321 ft
Gain
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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.
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What's missing
No access route mapped
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 5.2 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,321 ft
- Highest point
- 6,726 ft
- Lowest point
- 5,392 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Wilderness area
- Trinity Alps Wilderness
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Tangle Blue is a 5.20-mile out-and-back trail in California with 452 feet of elevation gain. The trail is managed by the Forest Service.
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