Las Trampas Regional Wilderness
Bollinger Creek Loop Trail & Elderberry Trail
12.8 mi · ▲ 3,176 ft · 5 hr 51 min
Bollinger Creek Loop Trail & Elderberry Trail is a 12.8-mile out-and-back in Las Trampas Regional Wilderness near Saranap, CA. It climbs 3,176 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Bollinger Creek Loop Trail & Elderberry Trail
12.8 mi · ▲ 3,176 ft · 5 hr 51 min
Elevation 619–1,901 ft
Out & Back · Las Trampas Regional Wilderness
Trailhead: 37.85292, -122.07787
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Las Trampas Ridge & Calaveras Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Bollinger Creek Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left onto Elderberry Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Gru's Complaint, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Elderberry Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Ridge View Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miReach Bollinger Creek Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Elderberry Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Gru's Complaint, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Elderberry Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Bollinger Creek Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Las Trampas Ridge & Calaveras Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
- 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 1.7 mi in (~70 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Las Trampas to Briones Trail via Clyde Wood Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 871 ft
- Madrone Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,381 ft
- Las Trampas Ridge & Calaveras Ridge Trail 5 mi · ▲ 1,448 ft
- Madrone Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 1,917 ft
- Madrone Trail 7.7 mi · ▲ 2,351 ft
- Dewies/Birthday–Dewies, 3 sights 8 mi · ▲ 2,375 ft
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