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Royal Gorge

Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail

4 mi · ▲ 453 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Royal Gorge near Soda Springs, CA. It climbs 453 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,693 – 7,015 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31263, -120.39586
Nearest town Soda Springs, CA
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Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail

4 mi · ▲ 453 ft · 1 hr 34 min

Elevation 6,695–7,015 ft

Out & Back · Royal Gorge

Trailhead: 39.31263, -120.39586

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 500 ftBear left, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  6. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  16. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  18. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  19. 350 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/memorial-overland-emigrant-trail-out-back-6-km-2549

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 8:12 PM

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