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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Western States Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 0.7 miBear right onto Snow King Road, heading SW.
  12. 1.1 miSharp left onto Western States Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
  14. 0.2 miReach Western States Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.9 miSharp right onto Snow King Road, heading NE.
  16. 1 miBear left, heading SE.
  17. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  19. 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  21. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Western States Trail, heading SE.
  22. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NE.
  23. 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
  24. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  25. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  26. 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

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