Tryumph
3.7 mi · ▲ 887 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Tryumph is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Carnelian Bay, CA. It climbs 887 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,729 – 7,622 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26653, -120.11253
Nearest town Carnelian Bay, CA
Directions
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Tryumph
3.7 mi · ▲ 887 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Elevation 6,728–7,622 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.26653, -120.11253
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Reservoir Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Tryumph, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto The Woods, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Tryumph, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Sticks & Stones, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Tryumph, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left onto Dogbone, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Speed Control, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Karpiel, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Tryumph, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Karpiel, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Speed Control, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Dogbone, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Tryumph, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Sticks & Stones, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Tryumph, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left onto The Woods, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Tryumph, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Reservoir Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
76% gravel24% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM
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