Las Trampas Regional Wilderness
Bollinger Creek Loop Trail–Las Trampas Ridge & Calaveras Ridge Trail, 3 sights
6.5 mi · ▲ 1,784 ft · 3 hr 4 min
Bollinger Creek Loop Trail–Las Trampas Ridge & Calaveras Ridge Trail, 3 sights is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Las Trampas Regional Wilderness near Alamo, CA. It climbs 1,784 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Bollinger Creek Loop Trail–Las Trampas Ridge & Calaveras Ridge Trail, 3 sights
6.5 mi · ▲ 1,784 ft · 3 hr 4 min
Elevation 984–1,803 ft
Out & Back · Las Trampas Regional Wilderness
Trailhead: Elderberry Trail · 37.81211, -122.04376
Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 67°F / low 53° · precip 2% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Elderberry Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Bollinger Creek Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Las Trampas Ridge & Calaveras Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Las Trampas to Briones Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Bollinger Creek Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Las Trampas Ridge & Calaveras Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Bollinger Creek Loop Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left onto Elderberry Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 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 1.5 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 5:58 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Elderberry Trail Trailhead
- Bollinger Creek Loop Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 443 ft
- Elderberry Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 958 ft
- Elderberry Trail–Ramage Peak Trail, 3 sights 7.9 mi · ▲ 2,064 ft
- Chamise Trail–Del Amigo Trail, 5 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 2,369 ft
- Las Trampas Peak & Bollinger Creek Loop Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,075 ft
- Chamise Trail via Bollinger Creek Loop Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 551 ft
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