1. Start on Nature Trail Loop, heading SW.
2. 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
3. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
4. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
5. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
6. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
7. 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
9. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
10. 1.1 miTurn left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading N.
11. 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
13. 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
14. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
16. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
17. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
18. 50 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading W.
19. 100 ftSharp left onto Pooker's, heading W.
20. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
21. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
22. 0.1 miBear left onto True Grit/Pooker's Connector, heading W.
23. 50 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading W.
24. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
25. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sundance, heading W.
27. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
28. 100 ftTurn left onto Cinammon Twist, heading NW.
29. 0.2 miBear left onto Sundance Cutoff, heading SW.
30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cinammon Twist, heading SW.
31. 50 ftTurn right onto Wild West, heading SW.
32. 50 ftTurn right onto White Lightning, heading SW.
33. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
34. 50 ftTurn left onto Wild West, heading SW.
35. 0.2 miContinue straight onto White Lightning, heading NW.
36. 0.1 miBear right onto Wild West, heading S.
37. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rough Rider, heading S.
38. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
39. 0.7 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Trail, heading SE.
40. 0.6 miBear right onto Private access path, heading S.
41. 50 ftBear left onto Alder Creek Trail, heading S.
42. 0.7 miSharp left, heading NE.
43. 350 ftTurn right onto Emigrant Trail Access, heading N.
44. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading E.
45. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
46. 0.4 miSharp right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
47. 1.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
48. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
49. 400 ftSharp right, heading S.
50. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
51. 350 ftBear right, heading W.
52. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
53. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
54. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
55. 250 ftTurn left onto Nature Trail Loop, heading SE.
56. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/alder-creek-trail-emigrant-trail-access-out-back-6-sights-17-km