#high-country
3 trips tagged “high-country”
high-country backpacking at a glance
CaliPeaks documents 3 California backpacking routes tagged high-country, ranging from 4.2 to 14.4 miles with 700–1,600 feet of total climbing. Difficulty spans 0/100 (Easy) on Round Valley (Mt San Jacinto via Tram) up to 23/100 (Moderate) on Vogelsang High Sierra Camp, which also carries the tag's biggest climb at 1,600 feet. All of these routes require a wilderness permit — each trip page links the booking window.
These routes cross Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, San Jacinto Mountains and Yosemite National 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.
Copper Creek Trail
The Copper Creek Trail is Kings Canyon's steepest doorway to the high country: a hot, demanding 4-mile climb from Road's End to Lower Tent M…
Round Valley (Mt San Jacinto via Tram)
Round Valley Meadow is Southern California's easiest alpine camp: ride the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway to 8,400 feet, then walk 2.1 gentle m…
Vogelsang High Sierra Camp
Vogelsang is Yosemite's highest corner of the high country: a 7.2-mile climb up Rafferty Creek to a camp at 10,154 feet beneath Vogelsang Pe…