Bloodsucker Trail & Windmiller Trail via Lyons Creek Trail is a 9.5-mile out-and-back near Lower Forni, CA. It climbs 1,117 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,693 – 7,356 ft · steepest grade: 20%9.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lyons Creek Trail 38.81019, -120.23951
Nearest town Lower Forni, CA
Directions
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Bloodsucker Trail & Windmiller Trail via Lyons Creek Trail
9.5 mi · ▲ 1,117 ft · 3 hr 44 min
Elevation 6,692–7,354 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Lyons Creek Trail · 38.81019, -120.23951
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lyons Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.9 miSharp left onto Bloodsucker Trail, heading NW.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Windmiller Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach Bloodsucker Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Bloodsucker Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 miSharp right onto Lyons Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 1.8 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
84% dirt16% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:25 PM — 4 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Lyons Creek Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 333 ft
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