Poison Canyon
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
6.3 mi
Distance
3,345 ft
Gain
4h 50m
Time
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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.
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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Poison Canyon
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 6.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,345 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,294 ft
- Highest point
- 7,590 ft
- Lowest point
- 4,345 ft
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Directions & GPX
About this trail
Poison Canyon is a 6.25-mile trail at Boulder Lake Trailhead in California with 3,790 feet of elevation gain. The trail ascends through the Boulder Lake Trailhead system, which is managed by the Forest Service.
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
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