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Cascade Canyon Preserve

Burnt Tree Trail–Conifer Fire Road, 5 sights

10.9 mi · ▲ 2,809 ft · 5 hr 2 min

Burnt Tree Trail–Conifer Fire Road, 5 sights is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Cascade Canyon Preserve near Fairfax, CA. It climbs 2,809 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi236 – 1,398 ft · steepest grade: 23%11.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 37.97841, -122.60508
Nearest town Fairfax, CA
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Burnt Tree Trail–Conifer Fire Road, 5 sights

10.9 mi · ▲ 2,809 ft · 5 hr 2 min

Elevation 236–1,398 ft

Out & Back · Cascade Canyon Preserve

Trailhead: 37.97841, -122.60508

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Pam's Blue Ridge Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left onto Toyon Fire Road, heading NE.
  4. 300 ftBear left onto Middle Fire Road, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Burnt Tree Trail, heading W.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Middle Fire Road, heading W.
  7. 0.9 miTurn right onto Cascade Fire Road / Repack, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miBear right onto Split Rock, heading SW.
  9. 1.6 miTurn left onto White Hill Fire Road, heading N.
  10. 2 miReach Pam's Blue Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 2 miTurn right onto Split Rock, heading NE.
  12. 1.6 miBear left onto Cascade Fire Road / Repack, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Middle Fire Road, heading SW.
  14. 0.9 miBear right onto Burnt Tree Trail, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Middle Fire Road, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miBear right onto Toyon Fire Road, heading E.
  17. 350 ftTurn right onto Pam's Blue Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  19. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/burnt-tree-trail-conifer-fire-road-out-back-5-sights-18-km-d099

Trail surface

67% dirt33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.4 mi in (~147 min). Leave by 4:25 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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