Royal Gorge

Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail

6.8 mi · ▲ 880 ft · 2 hr 42 min

Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Royal Gorge near Soda Springs, CA. It climbs 880 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,693 – 7,018 ft7.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31377, -120.39179
Nearest town Soda Springs, CA

Directions

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Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail

6.8 mi · ▲ 880 ft · 2 hr 42 min

Elevation 6,695–7,017 ft

Out & Back · Royal Gorge

Trailhead: 39.31377, -120.39179

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:04 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miBear right onto Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  7. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 350 ftTurn right onto Reindeer, heading S.
  13. 0.9 miBear right onto Sterlings Canyon, heading SE.
  14. 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sterling's Canyon Road, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.2 miSharp right onto Sterlings Canyon, heading NE.
  19. 0.1 miBear left onto Reindeer, heading SW.
  20. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  23. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  25. 0.7 miTurn right onto Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
  26. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  27. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  28. 500 ftSharp right, heading N.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  31. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  32. 0.2 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:04 PM

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