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Hope Valley Wildlife Area

Horseshoe Road via Scotts Lake Road

4.8 mi · ▲ 739 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Horseshoe Road via Scotts Lake Road is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Hope Valley Wildlife Area near Sorensens, CA. It climbs 739 ft. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,097 – 7,851 ft4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.77174, -119.93551
Nearest town Sorensens, CA
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Horseshoe Road via Scotts Lake Road

4.8 mi · ▲ 739 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Elevation 7,098–7,851 ft

Out & Back · Hope Valley Wildlife Area

Trailhead: 38.77174, -119.93551

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.5 miSharp right onto Scotts Lake Road, heading NW.
  3. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Horseshoe Road, heading N.
  4. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Scotts Lake Road, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miReach Horseshoe Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horseshoe Road, heading NE.
  7. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Scotts Lake Road, heading S.
  8. 0.9 miSharp left, heading SE.
  9. 0.5 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/horseshoe-road-out-back-8-km

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:09 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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