Backpack Road–Canyon View Trail, 5 sights is an 11.4-mile out-and-back in Sunol Regional Wilderness near Scotts Corner, CA. It climbs 2,336 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi400 – 1,480 ft · steepest grade: 17%11.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: High Valley Road 37.53169, -121.83002
Nearest town Scotts Corner, CA
Directions
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Backpack Road–Canyon View Trail, 5 sights
11.4 mi · ▲ 2,336 ft · 4 hr 58 min
Elevation 399–1,479 ft
Out & Back · Sunol Regional Wilderness
Trailhead: High Valley Road · 37.53169, -121.83002
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:14 PM
- Start on High Valley Road, heading SE.
- 1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hayfield Road, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Canyon View Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto McCorkle Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Canyon View Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Geary Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Backpack Road, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto McCorkle Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miReach High Valley Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Backpack Road, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Geary Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Canyon View Trail, heading W.
- 1 miBear left onto McCorkle Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Canyon View Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Hayfield Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left onto High Valley Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
35% dirt65% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:14 PM
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