Cinder Cone Spur–Lower Missing Link, 4 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 975 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Cinder Cone Spur–Lower Missing Link, 4 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Rampart, CA. It climbs 975 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,155 – 7,153 ft · steepest grade: 27%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail 39.18715, -120.19526
Nearest town Rampart, CA

Directions

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Cinder Cone Spur–Lower Missing Link, 4 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 975 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Elevation 6,154–7,154 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail · 39.18715, -120.19526

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 85°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftBear left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Western States, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miSharp left onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miBear left onto Cinder Cone, heading E.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto S.S. Wallternate, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Missing Link, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miReach Western States, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 250 ftContinue straight onto S.S. Wallternate, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Cinder Cone, heading NW.
  15. 150 ftBear right onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right onto Western States, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading SE.
  21. 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
  22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

64% dirt36% paved

Weather

ClearTemperature 85°F50°
Precip0%Wind1 mphUV8Humidity20%
Hourly temperature
85°50°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue 86°61°
Wed 85°58°
Thu 88°58°
Fri 90°58°
Sat 89°60°
Sun 88°58°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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