North Yolla Bolly Mountain (usually referred to as North Yolla Bolly) is a peak in the

Klamath Mountains The Klamath Mountains are a rugged and lightly populated mountain range in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon in the western United States. As a mountain system within both the greater Pacific Coast Ranges and the California Coast R ...

of the

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located in Trinity County, Northern

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. The mountain is located in an isolated part of the

Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness Yolla may refer to: * Yolla gas field, Bass Strait, Australia * Yolla, Tasmania, Australia ** Yolla District High School ** Yolla Football Club * Yolla, Tasmanian Aboriginal word for short-tailed shearwater * Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness, wild ...

, in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, about west of

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. It is situated about from

Mount Linn Mount Linn, at , is the easternmost summit of South Yolla Bolly Mountain, and is located in the Yolla Bolly Mountains of the Northern Coast Ranges and sibling Klamath Mountains System, in Tehama County, northwestern California. Mt. Linn is the hig ...

(South Yolla Bolly), the highest point of the Coast Ranges south of the

Trinity Alps The Trinity Alps are a mountain range in Trinity County and Siskiyou County in Northern California. They are a subrange of the Klamath Mountains located to the north of Weaverville. Geography The Trinity Alps are within the Pacific Coast Ran ...

. North Yolla Bolly is located only a mile southeast of Black Rock Mountain, often considered its sister peak. Together, the two summits and the cluster of surrounding peaks in the immediate vicinity are sometimes called the "North Yolla Bolly Mountains", although this grouping, high peaks of the California Coast Ranges, itself a segment the Pacific Coast Ranges that extend from coastal Mexico to Alaska, is not considered a true, stand-apart mountain range. A small glacial tarn, North Yolla Bolly Lake, is located in a cirque on its north slope. The area is accessible by a trail from Stuart Gap. On a clear day, one can see

Mount Shasta Mount Shasta ( Shasta: ''Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki''; Karuk: ''Úytaahkoo'') is a potentially active volcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California. At an elevation of , it is the second-highest peak in the Cascades ...

and

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as well as the

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from the summit of North Yolla Bolly. The mountain divides the headwaters of the

South Fork Trinity River The South Fork Trinity River is the main tributary of the Trinity River, in the northern part of the U.S. state of California. It is part of the Klamath River drainage basin. It flows generally northwest from its source in the Klamath Mountains, ...

and Cottonwood Creek. A spur of the mountain, Skylight Ridge, touches the headwaters of the

Middle Fork Eel River The Middle Fork Eel River is a major tributary of the Eel River of northwestern California in the United States. It drains a rugged and sparsely populated region of the Yolla Bolly Mountains, part of the California Coast Range, in Trinity and Men ...

, making it the

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between the

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and Eel River systems, the three largest waterways of Northern California. "Yolla Bolly" is a

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word meaning "snowy peak". The mountain is one of numerous high peaks in the alpine Coast Ranges crest––extending from Snow Mountain National Wilderness (north of Lake Berryessa, less than two hours drive from the Bay Area) to Del Norte at the Oregon border––to receive substantial annual snowfall in the winter.

References

{{reflist Mountains of Tehama County, California Mountains of Trinity County, California Klamath Mountains Shasta-Trinity National Forest Mountains of Northern California