Sugarloaf Mountain–Cracker, 3 sights
3.8 mi · ▲ 890 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Sugarloaf Mountain–Cracker, 3 sights is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Sugarloaf Mountain Open Space near Highlands, CA. The route reaches Sugarloaf Mountain at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 890 ft, with sections as steep as 37% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sugarloaf Mountain–Cracker, 3 sights
3.8 mi · ▲ 890 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 243–580 ft
Out & Back · Sugarloaf Mountain Open Space
Trailhead: 37.51452, -122.32671
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:17 AM · sunset 8:16 PM
Transit-accessible: Ralston Avenue & Christian Drive stop 294 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cracker, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Skymont Cross Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Salson Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right onto Steep Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Sugarloaf Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Salson Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Skymont Cross Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Cracker, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Slip, heading SW.
- 0.2 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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- Transit-accessible: Ralston Avenue & Christian Drive stop 294 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Cracker & Skymont Cross Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 467 ft
- Cracker–Creek Overlook Trail, 4 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 1,371 ft
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