Bitterbrush Loop–Mexican Ditch Trail, 6 sights is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Silver Saddle Ranch near New Empire, NV. It climbs 1,079 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,597 – 5,522 ft · steepest grade: 24%11.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.16737, -119.72110
Nearest town New Empire, NV
Directions
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Bitterbrush Loop–Mexican Ditch Trail, 6 sights
10.5 mi · ▲ 1,079 ft · 4 hr 2 min
Elevation 4,596–5,521 ft
Out & Back · Silver Saddle Ranch
Trailhead: 39.16737, -119.72110
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Mexican Ditch Trail, heading E.
- 2 miTurn right onto Prison Hill Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Sagebrush Loop, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bitterbrush Loop, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Unknown, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Prison Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right onto Prison Hill Recreation Access, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mexican Dam Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto River Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Riverview Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Mexican Ditch Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 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
75% dirt2% paved2% gravel21% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Prison Hill Trail
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Prison Hill Trail
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Prison Hill Trail
- 4.9 mi · out & back · via Prison Hill Trail
- 4.9 mi · out & back · via Prison Hill Trail
- 6.6 mi · loop · via Prison Hill Trail
- 7.7 mi · out & back · via Prison Hill Trail
- 8.4 mi · out & back · via Prison Hill Trail
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- Eagle Valley Trail–Mexican Ditch Trail, 3 sights 7.5 mi · ▲ 219 ft
- Riverview Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Mexican Ditch Trail–Prison Hill Recreation Access, 3 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Carson River Trail–Mexican Ditch Trail, 5 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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