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Las Trampas Regional Wilderness

Las Trampas Peak–Bollinger Creek Loop Trail, 5 sights

11 mi · ▲ 2,342 ft · 4 hr 50 min

Las Trampas Peak–Bollinger Creek Loop Trail, 5 sights is an 11-mile out-and-back in Las Trampas Regional Wilderness near Alamo, CA. The route reaches Las Trampas Peak at the turnaround, 5.5 miles in. It climbs 2,342 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,034 – 1,972 ft · steepest grade: 22%11.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rocky Ridge View Trail (East Bay Regional Park District) 37.81705, -122.06122
Nearest town Alamo, CA
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Las Trampas Peak–Bollinger Creek Loop Trail, 5 sights

11 mi · ▲ 2,342 ft · 4 hr 50 min

Elevation 1,034–1,970 ft

Out & Back · Las Trampas Regional Wilderness

Trailhead: Rocky Ridge View Trail (East Bay Regional Park District) · 37.81705, -122.06122

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:15 PM

No dogs on part of this route

  1. Start on Rocky Ridge View Trail (East Bay Regional Park District), heading S.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Rocky Ridge Loop Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge View Trail (East Bay Regional Park District), heading SE.
  5. 500 ftContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge Loop Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge View Trail (East Bay Regional Park District), heading SE.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge View Trail, heading SE.
  8. 1.1 miSharp left onto Elderberry Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left onto Gru's Complaint, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Elderberry Trail, heading N.
  11. 1.2 miBear right onto Bollinger Creek Loop Trail, heading NW.
  12. 1.3 miBear left onto Las Trampas Ridge & Calaveras Ridge Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.5 miSharp left onto Las Trampas Peak View Trail, heading N.
  14. 150 ftReach Las Trampas Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 200 ftSharp right onto Las Trampas Ridge & Calaveras Ridge Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.5 miBear right onto Bollinger Creek Loop Trail, heading S.
  17. 1.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  18. 350 ftBear left onto Elderberry Trail, heading SE.
  19. 1.2 miTurn right onto Gru's Complaint, heading SE.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right onto Elderberry Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.5 miSharp right onto Ridge View Trail, heading SE.
  22. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge View Trail (East Bay Regional Park District), heading NW.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge Loop Trail, heading NW.
  24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge View Trail (East Bay Regional Park District), heading NW.
  25. 500 ftContinue straight onto Rocky Ridge Loop Trail, heading NW.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftTurn left onto Rocky Ridge View Trail (East Bay Regional Park District), heading NW.
  28. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/las-trampas-peak-out-back-17-km

Trail surface

94% dirt6% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:15 AMSunset 8:15 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 7:43 PM for the 8:15 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:37 PM — 7 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route

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