Almay Ranch

Happy Holidays to each of you and all those you hold dear in your heart!

"The mountains are calling and I must go." ~ John Muir Happy #InternationalMountainDay! The Trinity Alps are a magnificent mountain range in the northwestern p...ortion of the #ShastaTrinityNF. Did you know that they are part of the second largest wilderness area in California? The Trinity Alps Wilderness nearly doubled in size by the 1984 California Wilderness Act. In that same year, it was added to the National Wilderness Preservation System. It currently has over 600 miles of trails and embraces over 500,000 acres of land. Chiseled granite peaks and alpine lakes dot the Trinity Alps Wilderness, with elevations from 2,000 feet in creek drainages to 9,000 feet at summits. This wilderness offers many different trails ranging from 1.5 miles to 15 miles at varying levels of difficulty. Management of the Wilderness is shared by the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, U.S. Forest Service - Klamath National Forest, U.S. Forest Service - Six Rivers National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management - California. Please practice Leave No Trace ethics while in the Trinity Alps Wilderness. #LeaveNoTrace describes how to dispose of waste properly, where to travel and camp and other ways to minimize your impact on the land and your impact to other hikers. Permits are required for overnight stays. Please help protect this special area for future generations. For more information, please visit: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/stnf/recarea/?recid=6521

Feeling nostalgic and looking forward to the day when we can host exclusive events again at the ranch. In the meantime, we thought we would share these lovely photos from a beautiful wedding a few years back. It was exquisitely captured by the very talented (and highly recommended) team @Drozian Photoworks http://www.drozianphotoworks.com//sonly-and-jovans-weddin/

Dragonfly Lake, one of the two larger lakes at the ranch, is such a special place to enjoy beautiful mornings like this!

Happy Halloween, everyone!

The beauty of fall here in the Trinity Alps.

More gorgeous photos taken by guest, Ted W. Thanks for sharing! See you guys next year.

Many thanks to Ted W. for sharing this beautiful photo he took of the main house and lake during his recent stay at the ranch.