They call it the "green Trinities", but it's the Salmon Mountains and here's a few lakes and a peak on a short day hike among them.

The blog post is here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2025/05/north-trinity-mountain-waterdog-lake.html

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Taking on exploring a whole trail system so it can go on the map! It's not a very big one and I'd not been there and it made a good looping day hike past a bunch of lakes, so there might have been other motivations.
https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2025/05/red-mountain-lake-blue-lake-and-fish.html

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Visiting the 4th, highest, and only still active fire lookout on South Fork Mountain:
https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/06/horse-ridge-lookout.html

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The third in a short series of visits to all the lookouts on South Fork Mountain, one of North America's longest ridge lines. I just walked up the trail as near as I could. Half of it was still there. https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/06/pickett-peak-lookout.html

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A short hike to see a waterfall, or maybe actually a gorge. The post is here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2022/10/gray-falls.html

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