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Timberline via Summit Connection is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Royal Gorge near Norden, CA. It climbs 382 ft. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,779 – 6,962 ft5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31738, -120.35445
Nearest town Norden, CA

Directions

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Timberline via Summit Connection

4.7 mi · ▲ 382 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 6,779–6,964 ft

Out & Back · Royal Gorge

Trailhead: 39.31738, -120.35445

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left onto Bill Patterson, heading E.
  3. 0.6 miSharp right, heading S.
  4. 1 miContinue straight onto Timberline, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 300 ftBear left onto Summit Connection, heading W.
  7. 100 ftReach Timberline, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  9. 300 ftTurn left onto Timberline, heading NW.
  10. 1.4 miSharp left onto Bill Patterson, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 0.6 miSharp right, heading E.
  13. 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.

Trail surface

57% dirt43% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~57 min). Leave by 5:46 PM for the 7:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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