South Fork
Trailhead South Fork Trailhead Drive there
Big Flat Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
No fee
The Big Flat Trailhead is the starting point for popular hikes to the Trinity Alps Wilderness including Caribou Lakes.
Restrictions Groups are limited to 10 persons. Water and garbage service are not provided. Bring enough water for drinking, cooking and washing as well as extra water to drown campfires each day. Please take all trash, garbage, fish guts and dog droppings with you when you leave. Dogs on leash only in parking lot and developed areas.
Garden Gulch Trailhead (TAW) the Forest Service's write-up
A trailhead west of the town of Summerville along the South Fork of the Salmon River. From the trailhead, visitors can hike north up Garden Gulch along trail #5470, then east, on the edge and just inside the edge of the Trinity Alps Wilderness. Meeting up with the Rush Creek Trail (#5460), hikers can travel north towards Long Gulch Trailhead or return to the South Fork of the Salmon River following Rush Creek on trail #5460 to South Fork Trailhead.
South Fork Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
No fee
This trailhead is best known for the South Fork Trail following the South Fork of the Salmon River 8 miles through the Trinity Alps Wilderness to the Big Flat Trailhead. From this trailhead there are additional trails into the Trinity Alps Wilderness along Rush Creek and McNeil Creek.
Restrictions Water and garbage service are not provided. Bring enough water for drinking, cooking and washing as well as extra water to drown campfires each day. Please take all trash, garbage, fish guts and dog droppings with you when you leave. Dogs on leash only in parking lot and developed areas.