1. Start on Calaveras Ridge Trail, heading NW.
2. 50 ftPass Sandy Wool Lake.
3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Downing Road, heading NW.
4. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
5. 50 ftTurn right onto Sandy Wool Trail, heading E.
6. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tularcitos Trail, heading NE.
7. 50 ftTurn left onto Agua Caliente Trail, heading NE.
8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
9. 0.8 miReach Sandy Wool Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
10. 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
11. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tularcitos Trail, heading S.
12. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
14. 50 ftBear left onto Downing Road, heading NW.
15. 350 ftContinue straight onto Calaveras Ridge Trail, heading W.
16. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sandy-wool-lake-out-back