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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Old Luther Pass Road, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Historic California Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Old Luther Pass Road, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Highway Connector Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Willow Creek Road, heading N.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Willow Creek Spur E, heading E.
- 450 ftReach Willow Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Willow Creek Road, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Old Highway Connector Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Luther Pass Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Historic California Emigrant Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Old Luther Pass Road, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 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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