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Willow Creek Road & Willow Creek Spur E via Old Luther Pass Road is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Hope Valley Wildlife Area near Sorensens, CA. It climbs 920 ft. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,064 – 7,989 ft9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 38.77270, -119.93338
Nearest town Sorensens, CA

Directions

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Willow Creek Road & Willow Creek Spur E via Old Luther Pass Road

8.6 mi · ▲ 920 ft · 3 hr 20 min

Elevation 7,064–7,990 ft

Out & Back · Hope Valley Wildlife Area

Trailhead: connector · 38.77270, -119.93338

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 1 miBear right, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Luther Pass Road, heading E.
  5. 0.8 miBear right onto Historic California Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miBear right onto Old Luther Pass Road, heading N.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Highway Connector Road, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  9. 100 ftTurn right onto Willow Creek Road, heading N.
  10. 1.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miSharp left onto Willow Creek Spur E, heading E.
  12. 450 ftReach Willow Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 500 ftSharp right, heading W.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  15. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Willow Creek Road, heading NW.
  16. 1.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  17. 50 ftSharp right onto Old Highway Connector Road, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Luther Pass Road, heading S.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Historic California Emigrant Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miBear left onto Old Luther Pass Road, heading SW.
  21. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  23. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  24. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

34% dirt20% paved46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:09 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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