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
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Rawhide, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Quickdraw, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Broken Spoke, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear left onto Crabtree Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Broken Spoke, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Quickdraw, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Crabtree Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Broken Spoke, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Quickdraw, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Rawhide, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lion's Leap, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 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
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- East Perimeter Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 283 ft
- Lion's Leap 2.2 mi · ▲ 699 ft
- Lion's Leap 2.2 mi · ▲ 699 ft
- Lion's Leap 2.3 mi · ▲ 648 ft
- Lion's Leap 2.3 mi · ▲ 648 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 283 ft
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