Chamise Trail–Mahogany Trail, 4 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Las Trampas Regional Wilderness near Alamo, CA. It climbs 1,627 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Chamise Trail–Mahogany Trail, 4 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 1,627 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Elevation 997–1,605 ft
Out & Back · Las Trampas Regional Wilderness
Trailhead: Bollinger Creek Loop Trail · 37.81672, -122.04984
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 95°F / low 70° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bollinger Creek Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Chamise Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Mahogany Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Trapline Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Sulphur Springs Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Del Amigo Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Chamise Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Sulphur Springs Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Trapline Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Mahogany Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Chamise Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Bollinger Creek Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Las Trampas Peak & Bollinger Creek Loop Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 914 ft
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