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Sugar Bun via Pony Express Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 524 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Sugar Bun via Pony Express Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back near Kyburz, CA. The route reaches Sugar Bun at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 524 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,223 – 4,475 ft3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pony Express Trail 38.77385, -120.28960
Nearest town Kyburz, CA
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Sugar Bun via Pony Express Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 524 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Elevation 4,224–4,477 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Pony Express Trail · 38.77385, -120.28960

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pony Express Trail, heading NW.
  2. 1.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftReach Sugar Bun, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sugar-bun-pony-express-trail-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Kyburz, California