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This trail provides access to Sucker Gap, Sucker Creek Trail #1237, and the Boundary Trail #1207.


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2.2

Miles

3.5

KM

Point to Point

5,208' 1,587 m

High

4,437' 1,352 m

Low

777' 237 m

Up

29' 9 m

Down

7%

Avg Grade (4°)

16%

Max Grade (9°)

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Features Commonly Backpacked · Lake · River/Creek

This trail is within the Red Buttes Wilderness and the usual federal wilderness area regulations and restrictions apply here. Practice Leave No Trace (LNT) ethics; camp 100 feet from fragile areas; bury human waste at least 200 feet from water, trails, and campsites.

This trail is usually closed by snow between November and May.

Description

Do not confuse this trail with Sucker Creek Trail #1237. The two join at at the junction with the boundary trail, however, they are two distinct trails. The Sucker Creek Trail is #906 when it starts in California and the #1237 when it starts in Oregon.

This trail is entirely within the Red Buttes Wilderness Area but it starts in California and ends in Oregon. Sucker Creek Trail #906 leaves the Steve Fork Trail #905 about 0.8 miles from the Steve Fork Trailhead, and climbs to Sucker Creek Gap on the Siskiyou Crest. Here it junctions with the Boundary Trail #1207 and the Sucker Creek Trail #1237.

Lake 5148, which is just southwest of the #906, is a great camping spot. The Sucker Creek Shelter, which is on the west side of the crest along the #1237, is a refurbished open-sided shelter than is open to all hikers and backpackers.

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Sucker Creek Gap
Nov 20, 2017 near Williams, OR
At the junction of the Steve Fork and Sucker Gap Trails
Nov 20, 2017 near Happy Camp, CA

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