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Hope Valley Wildlife Area

Alpine Mine Road–Highway 88 Trail, 3 sights

11.6 mi · ▲ 1,748 ft · 4 hr 44 min

Alpine Mine Road–Highway 88 Trail, 3 sights is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in Hope Valley Wildlife Area near Sorensens, CA. It climbs 1,748 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,090 – 8,521 ft · steepest grade: 16%11.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.77163, -119.93470
Nearest town Sorensens, CA
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Alpine Mine Road–Highway 88 Trail, 3 sights

11.6 mi · ▲ 1,748 ft · 4 hr 44 min

Elevation 7,089–8,520 ft

Out & Back · Hope Valley Wildlife Area

Trailhead: 38.77163, -119.93470

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 1.5 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Scotts Trail, heading W.
  5. 2.2 miTurn right onto Highway 88 Trail, heading S.
  6. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Alpine Mine Road, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftReach Scotts Lake Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Highway 88 Trail, heading SW.
  9. 1.5 miTurn left onto Scotts Trail, heading N.
  10. 2.3 miBear right onto Scotts Lake Road, heading NE.
  11. 1.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 0.5 miArrive 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/alpine-mine-road-highway-88-trail-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

9% dirt91% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:09 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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