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Lacks Creek Management Area

Hot Lap Trail–Run Around Trail, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,018 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Hot Lap Trail–Run Around Trail, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Lacks Creek Management Area near Hoopa, CA. It climbs 1,018 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,779 – 3,609 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Run Around Trail 41.00206, -123.78169
Nearest town Hoopa, CA
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Hot Lap Trail–Run Around Trail, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,018 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Elevation 2,779–3,610 ft

Out & Back · Lacks Creek Management Area

Trailhead: Run Around Trail · 41.00206, -123.78169

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 84°F / low 59° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:14 AM · sunset 8:30 PM

  1. Start on Run Around Trail, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Hot Lap Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Run Around Trail, heading NW.
  5. 100 ftSharp left onto Pine Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tom Foolery Trail, heading S.
  7. 2 miContinue straight onto Midslope Road, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Tom Foolery Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftReach Run Around Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Midslope Road, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tom Foolery Trail, heading SW.
  12. 2 miTurn left onto Pine Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Run Around Trail, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Hot Lap Trail, heading E.
  16. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  17. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miBear right onto Run Around Trail, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftArrive 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/hot-lap-trail-pine-ridge-trail-out-back-4-sights-9-km-6d2d

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

ClearTemperature 84°F59°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity18%
Hourly temperature
85°55°
Sunrise 6:14 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:30 PM
Tue 87°69°
Wed 82°58°
Thu 86°55°
Fri 89°52°
Sat 87°52°
Sun 84°51°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 8:04 PM for the 8:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:51 PM — 10 min before dark.

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