Voltaire Canyon Road is a 10.7-mile out-and-back near Indian Hills, NV. It climbs 3,632 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi4,862 – 6,267 ft · steepest grade: 29%11.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.12494, -119.80021
Nearest town Indian Hills, NV
Directions
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Voltaire Canyon Road
10.7 mi · ▲ 3,632 ft · 5 hr 23 min
Elevation 4,863–6,266 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.12494, -119.80021
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Voltaire Canyon Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 1 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
85% dirt15% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:03 AMSunset 8:09 PM
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