Place closure
No recurring date-based closure of Silver Lake Trailhead is published. Seasonal forest-road access and temporary emergency orders still control access.
Trailhead
Silver Lake Trailhead
Bucks Lake Wilderness, Plumas National Forest, California
About this place
The official Silver Lake Campground point is the signed northern access to the Gold Lake Trail, which climbs into Bucks Lake Wilderness and continues toward Granite Gap and the PCT.
Reach the lake on Forest Road 24N29X; the Forest Service describes the spur as seasonal, and the trailhead has no dependable backcountry water beyond sources that must be treated.
Seasonal access
Closures & seasonal access
Bucks Lake Wilderness itself has no published recurring closure, but winter snow changes road accessSeasonal access
Seasonal forest-road access: Use the signed Silver Lake Trailhead access in Bucks Lake Wilderness, Plumas National Forest, California. The west and east-side trailheads use different paved and unpaved forest roads. Check Plumas National Forest alerts and use only the signed parking area for the selected route. Bucks Lake Wilderness itself has no published recurring closure, but winter snow changes road access. The road from Quincy is maintained only to Bucks Summit in winter; the final miles can require skis, snowshoes, or snowmobile travel.
Before driving
Check Plumas alerts, county road conditions, and the exact trailhead approach before travel.
Map
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- Latitude
- 39.958298° N
- Longitude
- 121.134301° W