Cinder Cone Spur–Lower Missing Link, 4 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 975 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Cinder Cone Spur–Lower Missing Link, 4 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Rampart, CA. It climbs 975 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,155 – 7,153 ft · steepest grade: 27%4.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail 39.18715, -120.19526
Nearest town Rampart, CA
Directions
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Cinder Cone Spur–Lower Missing Link, 4 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 975 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Elevation 6,154–7,154 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail · 39.18715, -120.19526
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Western States, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Cinder Cone, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto S.S. Wallternate, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Missing Link, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Western States, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto S.S. Wallternate, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Cinder Cone, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Western States, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
- 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
64% dirt36% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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