Cinder Cone Spur–Cinder Cone, 3 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Rampart, CA. It climbs 870 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,155 – 6,989 ft · steepest grade: 27%5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail 39.18360, -120.19566
Nearest town Rampart, CA
Directions
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Cinder Cone Spur–Cinder Cone, 3 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 870 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Elevation 6,154–6,987 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail · 39.18360, -120.19566
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 86°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Western States, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Cinder Cone, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Western States, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Western States, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 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
52% dirt48% paved
Weather
ClearTemperature 86°F50°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity23%
Hourly temperature
90°50°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue
86°61°
Wed
85°58°
Thu
88°58°
Fri
88°59°
Sat
89°59°
Sun
89°57°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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