#solitude
19 trips tagged “solitude”
solitude backpacking at a glance
CaliPeaks documents 19 California backpacking routes tagged solitude, ranging from 5 to 36.6 miles with 1,950–4,560 feet of total climbing. Difficulty spans 0/100 (Moderate) on McCabe Lakes up to 75/100 (Strenuous) on Momyer Creek to Dollar Lake Saddle, which also carries the tag's biggest climb at 4,560 feet. All of these routes require a wilderness permit — each trip page links the booking window.
These routes cross Emigrant Wilderness, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Yosemite National Park and San Gorgonio Wilderness, and the months most of them share are July, September, August. 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.
Bell Meadow Trail
The Bell Meadow Trail is the Emigrant's long, quiet door: 11.2 mapped miles from the Cherry Lake side into the wilderness's deep lake countr…
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…
Bell Meadow to Pine Valley
Bell Meadow to Pine Valley is a 3.2-mile one-way hike (6.4 miles out-and-back) into the Emigrant Wilderness from the Bell Meadow trailhead (…
Blue Canyon to Blue Canyon Lake
Blue Canyon to Blue Canyon Lake is a 2.7-mile one-way hike (5.4 miles out-and-back) into the Emigrant Wilderness from the Blue Canyon trailh…
Box Springs to Chain Lakes
Box Springs to Chain Lakes is a 2.5-mile one-way hike (5 miles out-and-back) into the Emigrant Wilderness from the Box Springs trailhead (7,…
Kennedy Meadows to Relief Reservoir
Kennedy Meadows to Relief Reservoir is a 3-mile one-way hike (6 miles out-and-back) into the Emigrant Wilderness from the Kennedy Meadows tr…
Crabtree Camp to Bear Lake
Crabtree Camp to Bear Lake is a 3.9-mile one-way hike (7.8 miles out-and-back) into the Emigrant Wilderness from the Crabtree Camp trailhead…
Crabtree Camp to Chewing Gum Lake
Crabtree Camp to Chewing Gum Lake is a 4.4-mile one-way hike (8.8 miles out-and-back) into the Emigrant Wilderness from the Crabtree Camp tr…
Shingle Springs to Kibbie Lake
Shingle Springs to Kibbie Lake is a 4.3-mile one-way hike (8.6 miles out-and-back) into the Emigrant Wilderness from the Shingle Springs tra…
McCabe Lakes
McCabe Lakes is northern Yosemite at its most remote: 14.8 miles up the Pacific Crest Trail past Glen Aulin's waterfalls to a high alpine ba…
Kennedy Meadows to Kennedy Lake
Kennedy Meadows to Kennedy Lake is a 7.5-mile one-way hike (15 miles out-and-back) into the Emigrant Wilderness from the Kennedy Meadows tra…
Momyer Creek to Dollar Lake Saddle
Momyer Creek is the San Gorgonio Wilderness's quiet road: 9.2 miles from the 5,400-foot trailhead to Dollar Lake Saddle's 9,960-foot divide,…
Kennedy Meadows to Lunch Meadow
Kennedy Meadows to Lunch Meadow is a 9.5-mile one-way hike (19 miles out-and-back) into the Emigrant Wilderness from the Kennedy Meadows tra…
Bell Meadow to Gem Lake
Bell Meadow to Gem Lake is a 10.1-mile one-way hike (20.2 miles out-and-back) into the Emigrant Wilderness from the Bell Meadow trailhead (6…
Crabtree Camp to Gem Lake
Crabtree Camp to Gem Lake is a 9.5-mile one-way hike (19 miles out-and-back) into the Emigrant Wilderness from the Crabtree Camp trailhead (…
Leavitt Lake to High Emigrant Lake
Leavitt Lake to High Emigrant Lake is a 9.2-mile one-way hike (18.4 miles out-and-back) into the Emigrant Wilderness from the Leavitt Lake t…
Crabtree Camp to Deer Lake
Crabtree Camp to Deer Lake is a 11.9-mile one-way hike (23.8 miles out-and-back) into the Emigrant Wilderness from the Crabtree Camp trailhe…
Kennedy Meadows to Emigrant Lake
Kennedy Meadows to Emigrant Lake is a 14.7-mile one-way hike (29.4 miles out-and-back) into the Emigrant Wilderness from the Kennedy Meadows…
Shingle Springs to Huckleberry Lake
Shingle Springs to Huckleberry Lake is a 18.3-mile one-way hike (36.6 miles out-and-back) into the Emigrant Wilderness from the Shingle Spri…