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Aster–Claim Jumper Bike Route, 3 sights is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Onion Creek Experimental Forest near Soda Springs, CA. It climbs 1,790 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,903 – 7,878 ft · steepest grade: 34%7.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.30171, -120.37946
Nearest town Soda Springs, CA

Directions

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Aster–Claim Jumper Bike Route, 3 sights

6.9 mi · ▲ 1,790 ft · 3 hr 12 min

Elevation 6,903–7,877 ft

Out & Back · Onion Creek Experimental Forest

Trailhead: 39.30171, -120.37946

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 81°F / low 55° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:13 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right onto Switchback, heading S.
  3. 150 ftTurn left onto Aster, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miBear right onto Claim Jumper Bike Route, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 450 ftBear left onto Razorback, heading SE.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Overland Trail, heading E.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  11. 1.4 miReach Aster, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right onto Razorback, heading NW.
  15. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  16. 450 ftTurn left onto Claim Jumper Bike Route, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miBear left onto Aster, heading NW.
  18. 0.6 miTurn right onto Switchback, heading SW.
  19. 150 ftSharp left, heading W.
  20. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

87% dirt13% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 81°F55°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity23%
Hourly temperature
85°55°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:13 PM
Tue 81°62°
Wed 82°55°
Thu 85°55°
Fri 86°56°
Sat 86°56°
Sun 87°54°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 7:10 PM for the 8:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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