#ridge
4 trips tagged “ridge”
ridge backpacking at a glance
CaliPeaks documents 4 California backpacking routes tagged ridge, ranging from 6 to 14.2 miles with 3,040–3,300 feet of total climbing. Difficulty spans 0/100 (Moderate) on Willow Ridge up to 38/100 (Moderate) on Devil's Slide to Wellman Divide, which also carries the tag's biggest climb at 3,300 feet. All of these routes require a wilderness permit — each trip page links the booking window.
These routes cross Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Henry W. Coe State Park and San Jacinto Mountains, and the months most of them share are July, September, October. 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.
Alta Trail to Panther Gap
The Alta Trail climbs from Wolverton to Panther Gap's ridge camp in three dry, steady miles — the quiet backdoor to Alta Peak and the Tablel…
Paradise Ridge Trail
Paradise Ridge is Mineral King's dry, quiet spine: a three-mile climb from Atwell Mill to a waterless ridge camp with long views, and the op…
Willow Ridge
Willow Ridge is Coe's big-views backpack: 6.5 miles down through canyons and back up to a ridgetop camp with the Diablo Range rolling to eve…
Devil's Slide to Wellman Divide
Wellman Divide is the PCT's great divide above Idyllwild: 5.3 miles up the Devil's Slide Trail to a 9,900-foot saddle between the peak and t…