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Red Lake Wildlife Area

Forestdale Road

9.9 mi · ▲ 1,659 ft · 4 hr 8 min

Forestdale Road is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Red Lake Wildlife Area near Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA. It climbs 1,659 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi7,517 – 8,882 ft · steepest grade: 15%10.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.66769, -119.91818
Nearest town Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA
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Forestdale Road

9.9 mi · ▲ 1,659 ft · 4 hr 8 min

Elevation 7,516–8,880 ft

Out & Back · Red Lake Wildlife Area

Trailhead: 38.66769, -119.91818

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lower Charity Road, heading N.
  3. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Forestdale Creek Trail, heading W.
  5. 3.5 miSharp right onto Forestdale Road, heading S.
  6. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  9. 250 ftContinue straight onto Forestdale Creek Trail, heading N.
  10. 3.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lower Charity Road, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Connector Road Spur B, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/forestdale-road-out-back-16-km-2735

Trail surface

36% dirt64% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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