Bear Trap Connector–Cinder Cone Spur, 10 sights
12.9 mi · ▲ 1,873 ft · 5 hr 14 min
Bear Trap Connector–Cinder Cone Spur, 10 sights is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in Burton Creek State Park near Rampart, CA. It climbs 1,873 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,155 – 7,290 ft · steepest grade: 22%13.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail 39.18715, -120.19526
Nearest town Rampart, CA
Directions
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Bear Trap Connector–Cinder Cone Spur, 10 sights
12.9 mi · ▲ 1,873 ft · 5 hr 14 min
Elevation 6,154–7,291 ft
Out & Back · Burton Creek State Park
Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail · 39.18715, -120.19526
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Western States, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Cinder Cone, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto S.S. Wallternate, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Missing Link, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left onto Upper Missing Link, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto S.S. Wallternate, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Valley View Spur, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Deer Creek Road, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Fast Eddie's, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Charging Bear, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Fast Eddie's, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Deer Creek Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bear Trap Connector, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Stumpy Super G, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bear Trap Connector, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Antone Meadows Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Cross Country Silver Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.9 miReach Western States, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Antone Meadows Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Bear Trap Connector, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Stumpy Super G, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bear Trap Connector, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Fast Eddie's, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Charging Bear, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Fast Eddie's, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Deer Creek Road, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Deer Creek Road, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Valley View Spur, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right onto S.S. Wallternate, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Upper Missing Link, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 200 ftBear left onto Lower Missing Link, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto S.S. Wallternate, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Cinder Cone, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Western States, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
- 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
88% dirt12% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 4.7 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 7.1 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 8.5 mi · loop · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 9.5 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 10.7 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 11.7 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
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