Royal Gorge

Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 649 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Royal Gorge near Soda Springs, CA. It climbs 649 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,693 – 7,018 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail 39.31317, -120.40369
Nearest town Soda Springs, CA

Directions

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Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 649 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Elevation 6,695–7,017 ft

Out & Back · Royal Gorge

Trailhead: Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail · 39.31317, -120.40369

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 450 ftSharp left onto Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  5. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  6. 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 350 ftTurn right onto Reindeer, heading E.
  11. 0.9 miBear right onto Sterlings Canyon, heading S.
  12. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
  14. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sterling's Canyon Road, heading SW.
  15. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 0.2 miSharp right onto Sterlings Canyon, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miBear left onto Reindeer, heading SW.
  18. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  23. 0.7 miTurn right onto Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail, heading N.
  24. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  25. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  26. 500 ftSharp right, heading N.
  27. 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 surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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