Big Bear Lake Trail

Route Description for Big Bear Lake Trail

Leading adventurers through granite gardens, subalpine forests, and meadows, this route is a quintessential hike in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. This amazing adventure travels into the high country to a lake ideal for fishing, so assuming you have a valid permit, you can try your hand at some trout! Note that the route is overgrown and rocky in areas, so mind your footing and watch for poison oak!

Setting out from the trailhead, the Big Bear Lake Hike follows the Bear Lakes Trail along Bear Creek. If you please, take a walk down to Trinity River before beginning your hike. When you are ready, track northeast along the Bear Lakes Trail through the rocky canyon bound with looming conifers a granite outcroppings. The further you climb, the incline will intensify, demanding the navigation of switchbacks up to the lake.

Eventually, you will reach the shoreline of the shimmering alpine lake bound by granite bluffs adorned with verdant conifers. Admire the picture-perfect scene, and when you are ready, retrace your footing along the path back to the trailhead.