{"id":2030,"date":"2011-08-29T08:31:07","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T15:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2025-03-17T15:55:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T22:55:34","slug":"skinny-dipping-naked-women-trinity-alps-streams-lakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/29\/skinny-dipping-naked-women-trinity-alps-streams-lakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, I Did Go Skinny-Dipping with 12 Naked Women in the Trinity Alps…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mount Shasta area writer Tim Holt just wrote a really good piece in the Redding Record Searchlight<\/em> called “Naked sunbathers, Mt. Shasta oddities: In the great outdoors, expect the unexpected.”<\/p>\n

I’m one of the hikers he featured, and he discusses a very pleasant and memorable experience I had while backpacking in the Trinity Alps in the late 1970s:<\/p>\n

Outdoor writer John Soares will never forget the day he and a hiking buddy rounded a trail in the Trinity Alps and encountered a dozen naked women… Soares and his friend… took off their clothes, went skinny-dipping in the creek, chatted a little with the women. Then they went on their way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All true, but there’s more to the story…<\/p>\n

My Encounter with Nude Hikers in the Trinity Alps: More Details…<\/h2>\n

This was the last day of an epic Trinity Alps backpacking trip. The journey began at Cherry Flat on the Stuart Fork of the Trinity River. We’d hiked to Morris Meadows, and then up the Suicide Ridge Trail to the Caribou Lakes<\/a>. From there we did a harrowing cross-country hike near Sawtooth Ridge to Grizzly Lake, passing near Little South Fork Lake. The next day it was more cross-country into the Canyon Creek drainage, where we spent the night at Upper Canyon Creek Lake<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And then the last day: my “hiking companion” and I hiked nearly to the trailhead of the Canyon Creek Trail, then took the Bear Trail up, up, up… and then down to Stuart Fork Creek<\/a>. We were sweaty, filthy, stinky, and exhausted as we hiked those last miles to the car. It was late July and very hot.<\/p>\n

A few miles from Cherry Flat we saw a faint side trail down to Stuart Fork and decided to see if it led to a swimming hole. It did — the one with the aforementioned 12 naked young ladies. I was a bit shy and a bit overwhelmed, but I did manage to shed my clothes and take a quick dip in the very cold water (damned shrinkage factor…), and have a brief and pleasant chat with a few of the women.<\/p>\n

We just made it to the car at dark.<\/p>\n

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Explore the Wild and Rugged Trinity Alps With This New Map!<\/h4>\n

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The alpine lakes and jagged peaks of the Trinity Alps Wilderness rival the scenery of the High Sierra, without the crowds. This new highly detailed map is perfect for your next backpacking trip or day hike:<\/strong><\/p>\n