Snow King Road & Western States Trail is a 9.6-mile out-and-back near Rampart, CA. It climbs 2,419 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,152 – 7,530 ft · steepest grade: 33%10.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail 39.18360, -120.19566
Nearest town Rampart, CA
Directions
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Snow King Road & Western States Trail
9.6 mi · ▲ 2,419 ft · 4 hr 25 min
Elevation 6,152–7,529 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail · 39.18360, -120.19566
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Western States Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Snow King Road, heading SW.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Western States Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Western States Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Snow King Road, heading NE.
- 1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Western States Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, 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
65% dirt19% paved1% gravel15% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Western States Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Western States Trail
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Western States Trail
- 3.2 mi · out & back · via Western States Trail
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Western States Trail
- 3.7 mi · loop · via Western States Trail
- 4.3 mi · out & back · via Western States Trail
- 4.6 mi · out & back · via Western States Trail
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