The Trinity Alps Wilderness, located in northwestern California, is home to more than 600 miles of trails and encompasses more than 500 acres of land. It is the second largest wilderness area in California after having doubled in size when the 1984 California Wilderness Act was passed. That same year it was added to the Wilderness Preservation System. 

The Rockingham Recreational Rail Trail (Portsmouth Branch) is an east-west, 28 mile unpaved rail trail starting in Manchester, NH (New Hamphsires largest city) and ending in Newfields, NH (a small coastal town). It is one of the longest designated rail-trails in New Hampshire, used frequently by runners, bikers, walkers, and in the winter it serves as part of the networks of major New Hampshire snowmobile paths.

Skien/Porsgrunn is the centre town of Telemark region in Norway. GUT RANGER track is rimming the town and linking the near woods and mountain area together. You will be visiting some of the major peaks in the area with amazing views of landscape from sea to summit in Telemark region. 

The rout is technically challenging and power eating, with constant changing terrain types and vegetation. 80% rough trails, 10% gravel, 10%asphalt and 100% trail runner heaven! 

I did this as a roundtrip loop starting and finishing at the Jack Creek TH. I went up Jack Creek to the Meadow Creek junction, then up Meadow Creek to the Snowall/Cradle Lake junction, up to Cradle Lake, down Snowall Creek, and out French Creek/Icicle River trail. I ran the road back to my truck at the Jack TH. Note there are no bridges across the 4 major stream crossings, effort was required to find places to wade across that were acceptable. This route follows beautiful Central Cascades valleys and gets you to a spectacular alpine lake.