Bald Hill Road & Pudding Creek Road
12.9 mi · ▲ 2,384 ft · 5 hr 30 min
Bald Hill Road & Pudding Creek Road is a 12.9-mile out-and-back near Glenblair, CA. It climbs 2,384 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Bald Hill Road & Pudding Creek Road
12.9 mi · ▲ 2,384 ft · 5 hr 30 min
Elevation 156–892 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.48880, -123.73229
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 67°F / low 51° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 1.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 2.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Bald Hill Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Pudding Creek Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Bald Hill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Bald Hill Road, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 2.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~89 min). Leave by 5:53 PM for the 7:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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