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Shasta-Trinity National Forest
Your Adventure Starts Here!
The Shasta-Trinity National Forest offers a wide range of recreational activities, including hiking, backpacking, mountain climbing, horseback riding, camping, boating, fishing, sightseeing, downhill skiing, and snowmobiling.
Popular Recreation Activities
Visit our recreation page to learn more about recreation opportunities across our forest!
Condition Report for Campgrounds, Trails, and Closure Information
Mt. Shasta Ranger District - Recreation Report
McCloud Ranger District - Recreation Report
National Recreation Area Management Unit (Shasta and Trinity Lakes) - Recreation Report
Trinity River Management Unit (Trinity Alps and Trinity River) - Recreation Report
South Fork Management Unit (Hayfork, Hyampom, and Harrison Gulch) - Recreation Report
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscapes
In January 2022, the Forest Service launched a robust, 10-year strategy to address the wildfire crisis in the places where it poses the most immediate threats to communities. The strategy, called “Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: A Strategy for Protecting Communities and Improving Resilience in America’s Forests,” (leer en español) combines a historic investment of congressional funding with years of scientific research and planning into a national effort that will dramatically increase the scale and pace of forest health treatments over the next decade. Through the strategy, the agency will work with states, Tribes and other partners to addresses wildfire risks to critical infrastructure, protect communities, and make forests more resilient.
Peek Inside the Forest
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Anatomy of a fire response: How USFS wildland firefighters tackle wildfires
A lot goes into how U.S. Forest Service firefighters respond to wildfire, much of which the public might not see. The planning, tactics and resources deployed to fight wildfires is a complex and ever-changing battle. So, what goes into fighting wildland fires? The following is a breakdown of how wildfires are fought, from beginning to end.
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Partnership between the Shasta-Trinity and Trinity County RCD creates a healthier forest
Llewellyn, Forest Health Program manager at the Trinity County Resource Conservation District (TCRCD), represents a local agency partnering with the Shasta-Trinity National Forest to tackle one of the most urgent projects in America’s western woodlands: restoring the forest around her hometown into something more sustainable for the landscape and safer for the people who live there.
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Shasta-Trinity, volunteers and Tribal partners restore Natural Bridge
Shasta-Trinity National Forest Service employees, volunteers from the Northwest California Climbers Coalition, the Lassik Band of the Wylacki-Wintoon Nation, Inc., the Nor-Rel-Muk Wintu Nation, and the Wintu of Hayfork on Native Ancestral Lands worked in collaboration to conserve a culturally significant site known as Natural Bridge
Features
List of Forest Orders
List of Forest Orders: Special orders are used to close or restrict the use of certain areas to protect public safety, prevent resource damage, protect wildlife populations, or other similar examples.
Proposed Developed Recreation Fee Changes
The Shasta-Trinity National Forest (STNF) is proposing changes to developed recreation fees for facilities under the REA Fee Program. The fee changes include new fees and increase of fees at several fee sites.
Spotlights
Shasta-Trinity National Forest Frequently Asked Questions
How can you reserve a campsite? Where can you buy a forest map? These questions and more are answered on our FAQ page. Check it out!
Members sought for Resource Advisory Committees
Want to make a difference in your community? Our forest needs members to serve on the Shasta or Trinity County RAC.
Planning for fun this summer, check out our Outfitters & Guide
Outfitter guides may conduct commercial guide trips with a Special Use Permit issued from the US Forest Service.
Searching for Shastasaurus on the shores of Shasta Lake!
Forest Geologist Dennis Veich joined a team of paleontologists from several institutions to look for fossils of extinct marine reptiles near the shores of Shasta Lake.