Broken Spoke & Quickdraw

4.1 mi · ▲ 913 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Broken Spoke & Quickdraw is a 4.1-mile out-and-back near Armstrong, CA. It climbs 913 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,198 – 6,788 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.37689, -120.23501
Nearest town Armstrong, CA

Directions

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Broken Spoke & Quickdraw

4.1 mi · ▲ 913 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Elevation 6,198–6,787 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.37689, -120.23501

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  3. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  13. 200 ftBear right onto Rawhide, heading W.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Quickdraw, heading W.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right onto Broken Spoke, heading NE.
  17. 400 ftBear left onto Crabtree Road, heading NE.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 100 ftSharp right onto Broken Spoke, heading N.
  20. 0.2 miReach Quickdraw, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  22. 100 ftTurn right onto Crabtree Road, heading W.
  23. 0.2 miBear right onto Broken Spoke, heading E.
  24. 400 ftTurn left onto Quickdraw, heading E.
  25. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  26. 0.1 miSharp left onto Rawhide, heading S.
  27. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  28. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  29. 50 ftTurn left onto Lion's Leap, heading SW.
  30. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  31. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  32. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  34. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  35. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  36. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  37. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  38. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  39. 0.1 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 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

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