Strawberry Pass–Buck Pasture Trail, 5 sights
13.3 mi · ▲ 2,883 ft · 5 hr 52 min
Strawberry Pass–Buck Pasture Trail, 5 sights is a 13.3-mile out-and-back near Kirkwood, CA. The route reaches Strawberry Pass. It climbs 2,883 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Strawberry Pass–Buck Pasture Trail, 5 sights
13.3 mi · ▲ 2,883 ft · 5 hr 52 min
Elevation 7,597–8,576 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Schneider Camp 4WD Trail · 38.72601, -120.04790
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Schneider Camp 4WD Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Strawberry 4WD Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Buck Pasture Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Strawberry Pass.
- 3.4 miTurn right onto Spur Bee 4WD Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Cody Meadows, heading SW.
- 450 ftReach Strawberry Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Spur Bee 4WD Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Buck Pasture Trail, heading W.
- 3.4 miBear right onto Strawberry 4WD Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Schneider Camp 4WD Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~44 min). Leave by 5:58 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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