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Elizabethtown Meadows Trail is a 14-mile out-and-back in Northstar Vail Conservation Easement near Iceland, CA. It climbs 2,971 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,139 – 8,061 ft · steepest grade: 26%15.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31063, -120.02948
Nearest town Iceland, CA

Directions

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Elizabethtown Meadows Trail

14 mi · ▲ 2,971 ft · 6 hr 9 min

Elevation 6,139–8,060 ft

Out & Back · Northstar Vail Conservation Easement

Trailhead: 39.31063, -120.02948

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.9 miSharp right, heading N.
  3. 1.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  5. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  11. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 1 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  16. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  20. 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
  21. 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  22. 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left onto Elizabethtown Meadows Trail, heading SW.
  25. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  26. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  27. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  28. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  29. 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
  30. 1.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  31. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  32. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  33. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  34. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  35. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  36. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  37. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  38. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  39. 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  40. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  41. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  42. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  43. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  44. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  45. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  46. 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
  47. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  48. 1.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  49. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.7 mi in (~151 min). Leave by 4:10 PM for the 7:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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