Blue Ridge Road Spur K–Sugar Road Spur A, 3 sights
15.5 mi · ▲ 4,457 ft · 7 hr 24 min
Blue Ridge Road Spur K–Sugar Road Spur A, 3 sights is a 15.5-mile out-and-back near Darlingtonia, CA. It climbs 4,457 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Blue Ridge Road Spur K–Sugar Road Spur A, 3 sights
15.5 mi · ▲ 4,457 ft · 7 hr 24 min
Elevation 1,280–3,102 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Ship Mountain Road Spur S · 41.68513, -123.84389
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 87°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:12 AM · sunset 8:32 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 5.1 miTurn left onto Blue Ridge Road, heading NE.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Sugar Road, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Sugar Road Spur A, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Blue Ridge Road Spur K, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Sugar Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Blue Ridge Road, heading S.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Blue Ridge Road Spur K, heading W.
- 5.1 miTurn left, 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 8:12 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:32 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 9:03 PM.
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More from Ship Mountain Road Spur S Trailhead
- Ship Mountain Road Spur S 2.4 mi · ▲ 897 ft
- Blue Ridge Road Spur G & Blue Ridge Road Spur K 16 mi · ▲ 4,283 ft
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