Bloodsucker Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 711 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Bloodsucker Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Lower Forni, CA. It climbs 711 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Bloodsucker Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 711 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 6,931–7,354 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 38.84169, -120.23537
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 81°F / low 59° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Bloodsucker Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miReach Bloodsucker Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 7:22 PM for the 8:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Lake Sylvia–Bloodsucker Trail, 3 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,785 ft
- Lyons Lake–Bloodsucker Trail, 4 sights 10.5 mi · ▲ 2,111 ft
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