Red Mountain

Alder Creek Road–Alder Creek Trail, 5 sights

7 mi · ▲ 1,162 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Alder Creek Road–Alder Creek Trail, 5 sights is a 7-mile out-and-back in Red Mountain near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 1,162 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,473 – 7,146 ft · steepest grade: 18%8.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Alder Creek Trail 39.36515, -120.25462
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA

Directions

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Alder Creek Road–Alder Creek Trail, 5 sights

7 mi · ▲ 1,162 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Elevation 6,473–7,147 ft

Out & Back · Red Mountain

Trailhead: Alder Creek Trail · 39.36515, -120.25462

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 84°F / low 49° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Alder Creek Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Cinammon Twist, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Alder Creek Trail, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Fork, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pony Express, heading NE.
  7. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  8. 450 ftContinue straight onto East Perimeter Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  10. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  11. 200 ftTurn left onto Lion's Leap, heading N.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Pooker's, heading N.
  14. 100 ftSharp left onto Lion's Leap, heading N.
  15. 150 ftSharp right onto Rawhide, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto Quickdraw, heading N.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right onto Broken Spoke, heading NE.
  19. 400 ftBear left onto Crabtree Road, heading NE.
  20. 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Road, heading W.
  22. 1.8 miReach Alder Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 1.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftBear left onto Crabtree Road, heading SE.
  25. 0.5 miBear right onto Broken Spoke, heading E.
  26. 400 ftTurn left onto Quickdraw, heading E.
  27. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  28. 0.1 miSharp left onto Rawhide, heading SW.
  29. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  30. 250 ftSharp left onto Lion's Leap, heading SW.
  31. 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  32. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pooker's, heading SW.
  33. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  34. 50 ftTurn left onto Lion's Leap, heading SW.
  35. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  36. 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  37. 250 ftBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading S.
  38. 0.2 miContinue straight onto North Fork, heading NE.
  39. 50 ftContinue straight onto Alder Creek Trail, heading NE.
  40. 50 ftTurn right onto Cinammon Twist, heading NE.
  41. 50 ftBear left onto Alder Creek Trail, heading NE.
  42. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  43. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

ClearTemperature 84°F49°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity23%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue 84°60°
Wed 84°56°
Thu 88°55°
Fri 89°56°
Sat 89°56°
Sun 88°55°

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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