Pacific Crest Trail: CA Section 30
BELDEN to HUMBOLDT SUMMIT: This 22.4-mile heart-pounding section climbs 5,000 feet and crosses several lovely mountain streams.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 36.1
Waypoints
PCT791
Location: 40.0070648193359, -121.25171661377
Trailhead at the Ely Stamp Mill; next few miles were burned in a forest fire and there is no shade
PCT792
Location: 40.009334564209, -121.262001037598
Bridge over Indian Creek
PCT793
Location: 40.0215339660644, -121.283546447754
Creeklet
PCT794
Location: 40.0279502868652, -121.297897338867
End of burned area; back into nice shady forest along the creek
PCT795
Location: 40.0293655395508, -121.300033569336
Rattlesnake Spring
PCT796
Location: 40.0313148498535, -121.303848266602
Creek
PCT797
Location: 40.029899597168, -121.309265136719
Creek
PCT798
Location: 40.0288314819336, -121.312652587891
Great camping with space for a large group and a nice spring
PCT799
Location: 40.0304489135742, -121.31925201416
Creek
PCT800
Location: 40.0317344665527, -121.325302124023
Creek
PCT801
Location: 40.0307006835938, -121.326385498047
Myrtle Flat
PCT802
Location: 40.0313873291016, -121.33137512207
Creek
PCT803
Location: 40.0308837890625, -121.3505859375
Creek
PCT804
Location: 40.0310173034668, -121.358413696289
Cross Chips Creek
PCT805
Location: 40.0328826904297, -121.36311340332
Cross Chips Creek
PCT806
Location: 40.0346183776856, -121.382766723633
Creek
PCT807
Location: 40.0346984863281, -121.383949279785
Creek
PCT808
Location: 40.0347671508789, -121.387115478516
Creek
PCT809
Location: 40.0420341491699, -121.393165588379
Creek
PCT810
Location: 40.0513343811035, -121.394920349121
Cross dirt road
PCT811
Location: 40.0547676086426, -121.381797790527
Frog Spring
PCT812
Location: 40.0735321044922, -121.372016906738
Straight @ trail junction
PCT813
Location: 40.085018157959, -121.371650695801
Cross good dirt road
PCT814
Location: 40.10205078125, -121.386383056641
Humboldt road @ Cold Springs; piped spring is .1-mi. W; fill up here, because pond two miles N is dry
PCT815
Location: 40.1096343994141, -121.386184692383
Cross dirt road
PCT816
Location: 40.1519012451172, -121.435966491699
Humboldt Road @ Humboldt Summit
PCT817
Location: 40.1526336669922, -121.437797546387
Trailhead
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