![]() ![]() The Lodge does not rent rafts or kayaks, but we can match you up with an experienced, trustworthy outfitter for either "paddle your own" or guided trips. The Upper Trinity, where we are located, is all Class I and II and just right for family outings and those who want a few "quick spots" but nothing requiring advanced skills. Experiencing the Trinity up close and personal in a raft or kayak is the best way, and the waters vary from Class I and II for casual drifting and gentle rapids to Class IV and V extreme challenges for the daredevil experts. The Trinity River is designated a National Wild & Scenic River for a very good reason-the river and the surrounding scenery are absolutely spectacular. ![]() The Weaverville Basin Trail System is even more accessible, providing pleasant, scenic hiking and biking right from Weaverville. The Rush Creek, Canyon Creek, Stuarts Fork, and Swift Creek trails put you into pristine wilderness within easy walking distance of the trailheads. Trails into the Trinity Alps also offer day hikes with a variety of topography, wildlife and scenery. Most of the mountain streams of the Alps feed the Trinity River, while some flow northward into the Klamath River watershed. Most of the major trailheads into the Alps are within an hour’s drive of the Lodge, leading you to spectacular hiking, backpacking, and stock packing without the crowds of the Sierra Nevada. This vast primitive area is laced with trails, rivers, forests, and peaks, where you could literally hike for months without exhausting all the possible trails. Nearby Weaverville is the gateway to the 517,000-acre Trinity Alps Wilderness Area, the second largest designated wilderness in California. Please call the Weaverville Ranger Station at (530) 623-2121 to ensure the wilderness you’re interested in exploring is open to the public. Rafts, canoes and kayaks frequent the rapids in the springtime, and tubers enjoy summertime flows. Scenic Highway 299 makes easy access to many points of interest. The natural beauty has been one of the most popular sights for visitors to the north coast. Anglers have great success for steelhead until the end of February when the Trinity River begings quieting before trout season begins. And the beloved steelhead soon follow bringing a catchable population of both native and hatchery steelhead beginning in October. Spring-run salmon begin to enter the river in May and provide trophy fishing through November. Since the inception of the special “Fly only” regulations these waters have increased in popularity and for such a modest length and brief season, the “Fly only“ waters are recognized for producing rare opportunities. This upper reach of the Trinity River is open April 1 thru Sept. Today, a self-sustaining population remains in the upper river, including one of the state’s “fly only” waters which open in April. ![]() Legendary for its salmon, steelhead, and trophy brown trout, the river’s fishing water is easily accessed from the lodge and anglers can be casting at sunrise.Īlthough brown trout are not native, they were heavily stocked until the late 1970s. The Trinity begins in the rugged Trinity Alps and sleeps in two reservoirs before leaving Lewiston Dam and free flowing for hundreds of miles. There are gorgeously quiet places to sip a glass of wine, beautiful river views, cozy outdoor fireplaces, games and places to chat, high speed internet to be in touch with your friends, and most of all the stunning beauty of the Trinity River and mountains in backyard. Indian Creek Lodge can best be described as a gem and we hope you’ll make time to come and stay with us.Įach lodge room, suite, and kitchenette is spectacularly clean, well stocked, and we have an amazingly friendly staff. We truly care about our guests, their experience, and we are delighted to see our guests year after year. There is so much to see and the lodge is so relaxing, it is normal occurrence for our first time guests to extend their stays and become part of the Indian Creek Lodge family.įrom the first phone call you’ll notice a difference. Many of our guests return every year to vacation, go fishing, explore the outdoors, or to enjoy their family in the area. There is a passion for it’s guests and the property that can be hard to find elsewhere. Many of the staff have been working at the lodge for over 10 years. Indian Creek Lodge is owned by a group of California based families who love the outdoors and the lodge.
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