Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail–Pine Marten, 3 sights
8.4 mi · ▲ 934 ft · 3 hr 16 min
Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail–Pine Marten, 3 sights is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Royal Gorge near Soda Springs, CA. It climbs 934 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail–Pine Marten, 3 sights
8.4 mi · ▲ 934 ft · 3 hr 16 min
Elevation 6,695–7,054 ft
Out & Back · Royal Gorge
Trailhead: 39.31343, -120.38980
Weather Sep 4: Rain, high 47°F / low 37° · precip 61% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Summit Connection, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Summit Connection, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Timberline, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Pine Marten, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Timberline, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear left onto Summit Connection, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right onto Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Summit Connection, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 450 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
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM — 9 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 3 mi · loop · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
- 4 mi · out & back · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
- 4.1 mi · out & back · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
- 4.9 mi · out & back · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
- 4.9 mi · out & back · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
- 5 mi · out & back · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
- 5.4 mi · out & back · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
- 6.2 mi · out & back · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
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