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Confidence
This trail is enters the Trinity Alps Wilderness and the usual federal wilderness area regulations and restrictions apply here; practice Leave No Trace (LNT) backcountry skills and 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.
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Loop
From the East Boulder Lake Trailhead, take the East Boulder Lake Trail #5575 two miles up the creek (south) to East Boulder Lake. From the lake, it is another 1.2 miles up to a pass at 7,100 feet and a junction with the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). Note that the trail up to the PCT crosses a meadow just south of East Boulder Lake and may be a little hard to follow here--just keep going southeast and up, and you'll find it again. From the PCT, you'll have a great view of Mount Shasta to the east. Follow the PCT southwest for 2.2 miles to another pass at 7,420 feet with a "Middle Boulder Lake" sign--you can see the lake in the basin below. Descend 0.5 miles on the Middle Boulder Trail #5577 and look for a faint trail contouring off to the right (north). There's an "East Boulder Lake" sign here but it is not immediately obvious. Follow this trail, the Boulder Tie Trail #5582, for 1.6 miles through sage brush, along the base of a rock slide, and around a ridge back to East Boulder Lake. Then take the East Boulder Lake Trail #5575 back to the trailhead.
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