Silver Saddle Ranch

Bitterbrush Loop–Desert Peach, 3 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 638 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Bitterbrush Loop–Desert Peach, 3 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Silver Saddle Ranch near New Empire, NV. It climbs 638 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,669 – 5,322 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.16008, -119.72517
Nearest town New Empire, NV

Directions

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Bitterbrush Loop–Desert Peach, 3 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 638 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Elevation 4,669–5,321 ft

Out & Back · Silver Saddle Ranch

Trailhead: 39.16008, -119.72517

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftBear left onto Sagebrush Loop, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bitterbrush Loop, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miSharp left onto Desert Peach, heading SW.
  6. 1.5 miSharp right, heading SW.
  7. 0.8 miTurn right onto Bitterbrush Loop, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sagebrush Loop, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  10. 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 surface

73% dirt27% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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