Mount Disney via Switchback is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Onion Creek Experimental Forest near Soda Springs, CA. The route reaches Mount Disney at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 1,512 ft, with sections as steep as 37% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi7,025 – 7,933 ft · steepest grade: 37%5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Switchback 39.30800, -120.37991
Nearest town Soda Springs, CA
Directions
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Mount Disney via Switchback
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,512 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Elevation 7,025–7,933 ft
Out & Back · Onion Creek Experimental Forest
Trailhead: Switchback · 39.30800, -120.37991
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 81°F / low 55° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:13 PM
- Start on Switchback, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Nose Dive, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Razorback, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Overland Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Mount Disney, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 500 ftBear right, heading E.
- 500 ftBear right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Razorback, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Nose Dive, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Switchback, heading NW.
- 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
74% dirt26% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 81°F55°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity20%
Hourly temperature
85°55°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:13 PM
Tue
81°61°
Wed
81°55°
Thu
85°54°
Fri
85°55°
Sat
86°56°
Sun
86°54°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 7:38 PM for the 8:13 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM — 7 min before dark.
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