Alder Hill via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is an 8.7-mile out-and-back near Hobart Mills, CA. The route reaches Alder Hill at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It climbs 1,214 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,896 – 6,677 ft · steepest grade: 22%9.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop 39.38633, -120.18590
Nearest town Hobart Mills, CA
Directions
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Alder Hill via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
8.7 mi · ▲ 1,214 ft · 3 hr 30 min
Elevation 5,897–6,678 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop · 39.38633, -120.18590
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading SW.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Alder Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
93% dirt7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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