Place closure
No recurring date-based closure of Bunchgrass Trailhead is published. Remote Lassen forest roads and temporary emergency orders still control access.
Trailhead
Thousand Lakes Wilderness, Lassen National Forest, California
Bunchgrass Trailhead begins on Forest Service Trail SNO-44; the Bunchgrass Creek route enters the west side of Thousand Lakes Wilderness
The trailhead road is seasonal and unsigned junctions require the current Lassen map.
Seasonal access
No recurring date-based closure of Bunchgrass Trailhead is published. Remote Lassen forest roads and temporary emergency orders still control access.
Remote Lassen forest roads: Use the signed Bunchgrass Trailhead access in Thousand Lakes Wilderness, Lassen National Forest, California. Use the signed wilderness entry and verify the final unpaved road, gate, parking, and vehicle suitability. Caribou and Thousand Lakes Wildernesses have no published annual closure window. Winter snow, volcanic terrain, wildfire, and remote forest-road conditions can delay access well into the normal hiking season.
Check Lassen National Forest alerts and the exact trailhead road, gate, snowpack, and fire conditions before travel.