#fishing
12 trips tagged “fishing”
fishing backpacking at a glance
CaliPeaks documents 12 California backpacking routes tagged fishing, ranging from 6 to 41.4 miles with 1,242–7,047 feet of total climbing. Difficulty spans 0/100 (Moderate) on Little Lakes Valley up to 58/100 (Strenuous) on Rae Lakes Loop, which also carries the tag's biggest climb at 7,047 feet. All of these routes require a wilderness permit — each trip page links the booking window.
These routes cross Desolation Wilderness, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Yosemite National Park, Inyo National Forest and Henry W. Coe State Park, and the months most of them share are July, August, September. Every stat below is cited on its trip page, so you can compare them like-for-like and follow any number back to the managing agency.
Meeks Bay to Crag Lake
Crag Lake is the first true lake of the Meeks Bay corridor: a 4.9-mile climb from Tahoe's west shore to a forested granite lake that most pa…
Glen Alpine to Gilmore Lake
Gilmore Lake is the climber's camp below Mount Tallac: a 3.9-mile climb from Glen Alpine to a 9,000-foot lake with the peak's massif towerin…
Twin Lakes to Island Lake
Island Lake is Desolation's answer to a quick overnight: a 3.5-mile walk from the Twin Lakes trailhead to a lake with a genuine island, sitt…
Meeks Bay to Stony Ridge Lake
Stony Ridge Lake is the Meeks Bay chain's deepest lake: 6.3 miles up the creek corridor past Genevieve and Crag Lakes to a granite-ringed ba…
Twin Lakes Trail (Lodgepole)
The Twin Lakes Trail climbs from Lodgepole into the Silliman country: a moderately steep 3-mile push to Cahoon Meadow, then on to the Twin L…
Laurel Lake
Laurel Lake is the short-haul version of the Hetch Hetchy high country: a 7.1-mile climb from Beehive Meadows to a quiet forested lake that …
Little Lakes Valley
Little Lakes Valley is a chain of emerald lakes threaded beneath the 13,000-foot granite spires of Bear Creek Spire and Mount Morgan, reache…
Duck Pass to Duck Lake
Duck Lake is the easiest true backpacking destination in the Mammoth Lakes area: a 4.75-mile climb past Arrowhead and Barney Lakes and over …
Monarch Lakes
Monarch Lakes is the quickest route to Mineral King's high country: 3.5 miles and 2,000 feet of climbing from the Sawtooth trailhead to a pa…
Sabrina Basin
Sabrina Basin is Bishop's classic two-day trip: a 4.25-mile climb from Lake Sabrina past a chain of blue lakes to a high granite bench benea…
Poverty Flat
Poverty Flat is Coe's roomiest creek camp: 3.6 miles and 1,600 feet down from the visitor center to the Middle Fork of Coyote Creek, with mo…
Rae Lakes Loop
The Rae Lakes Loop is a 41-mile circuit through the heart of Kings Canyon National Park that climbs from the Kings River canyon over 11,978-…