AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Hope Valley Campground Road

8 mi · ▲ 505 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Hope Valley Campground Road is an 8-mile out-and-back near Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA. It climbs 505 ft. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,372 – 7,848 ft8.4 mi

Getting there

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

8 mi · ▲ 505 ft · 2 hr 55 min

Elevation 7,371–7,848 ft

Out & Back

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. 1 miBear left onto Connector Road Spur J, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Connector Road Spur K, heading N.
  5. 100 ftContinue straight onto Connector Road Spur J, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hope Valley Campground Road, heading NW.
  7. 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
  8. 1.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 1.5 miBear right, heading S.
  10. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Connector Road Spur J, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Connector Road Spur K, heading SE.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Connector Road Spur J, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  14. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Lower Charity Road, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Connector Road Spur B, heading SE.
  16. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hope-valley-campground-road-out-back-13-km-c863

Trail surface

10% dirt90% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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