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Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Cascade Fire Road / Repack

4.9 mi · ▲ 1,360 ft · 2 hr 19 min

Cascade Fire Road / Repack is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Tamalpais Watershed near Manor, CA. It climbs 1,360 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi236 – 1,529 ft · steepest grade: 24%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Middle Fire Road 37.97942, -122.61323
Nearest town Manor, CA
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Cascade Fire Road / Repack

4.9 mi · ▲ 1,360 ft · 2 hr 19 min

Elevation 236–1,528 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tamalpais Watershed

Trailhead: Middle Fire Road · 37.97942, -122.61323

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 95°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:19 PM

  1. Start on Middle Fire Road, heading NW.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right onto Cascade Fire Road / Repack, heading SW.
  3. 2 miReach Cascade Fire Road / Repack, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 2 miTurn left onto Middle Fire Road, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cascade-fire-road-repack-out-back-8-km-f578

Trail surface

21% dirt79% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 95°F56°
Precip0%Wind11 mphUV8Humidity42%
Hourly temperature
95°55°
Sunrise 6:16 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:19 PM
Tue 85°56°
Wed 82°52°
Thu 94°54°
Fri 99°55°
Sat 100°52°
Sun 94°53°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~96 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 8:19 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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