Bollinger Creek Loop Trail–Chamise Trail, 6 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Las Trampas Regional Wilderness near Alamo, CA. It climbs 1,892 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi784 – 1,604 ft · steepest grade: 32%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.82470, -122.03023
Nearest town Alamo, CA
Directions
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Bollinger Creek Loop Trail–Chamise Trail, 6 sights
4.4 mi · ▲ 1,892 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Elevation 785–1,605 ft
Out & Back · Las Trampas Regional Wilderness
Trailhead: 37.82470, -122.03023
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Madrone Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Del Amigo Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sulphur Springs Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Trapline Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Mahogany Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Chamise Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Bollinger Creek Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Madrone Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Chamise Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Mahogany Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Trapline Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Sulphur Springs Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Del Amigo Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Madrone Trail, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Madrone Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 482 ft
- Madrone Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 647 ft
- Point of No Return via Madrone Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 593 ft
- Madrone Trail 4 mi · ▲ 756 ft
- Del Amigo Trail–Madrone Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,987 ft
- Lower Vortex–Point of No Return, 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 1,163 ft
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