Hope Valley Wildlife Area

Hope Valley–Burnside Spur A, 5 sights

12.6 mi · ▲ 1,375 ft · 4 hr 53 min

Hope Valley–Burnside Spur A, 5 sights is a 12.6-mile out-and-back in Hope Valley Wildlife Area near Sorensens, CA. The route reaches Hope Valley. It climbs 1,375 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,044 – 8,193 ft12.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Meadow Wood Loop 38.77536, -119.91271
Nearest town Sorensens, CA

Directions

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Hope Valley–Burnside Spur A, 5 sights

12.6 mi · ▲ 1,375 ft · 4 hr 53 min

Elevation 7,043–8,194 ft

Out & Back · Hope Valley Wildlife Area

Trailhead: Meadow Wood Loop · 38.77536, -119.91271

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Meadow Wood Loop, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Burnside Lake Road, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miPass Hope Valley.
  4. 2.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  6. 1.7 miSharp right onto Burnside Spur A, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Forest Service Road 31205, heading W.
  8. 0.6 miBear left onto Hawkins Creek Spur C, heading NW.
  9. 0.5 miReach Hope Valley, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.5 miBear right onto Forest Service Road 31205, heading E.
  11. 0.6 miTurn left onto Burnside Spur A, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miSharp left onto Burnside Lake Road, heading E.
  13. 1.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 3 miContinue straight onto Meadow Wood Loop, heading NE.
  15. 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 surface

69% dirt31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:09 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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