Forest Route 7N38 & Wolfe-Bray Trail
12.5 mi · ▲ 1,811 ft · 5 hr 4 min
Forest Route 7N38 & Wolfe-Bray Trail is a 12.5-mile out-and-back near Skyhigh, CA. It climbs 1,811 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Forest Route 7N38 & Wolfe-Bray Trail
12.5 mi · ▲ 1,811 ft · 5 hr 4 min
Elevation 5,760–7,185 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 38.41115, -120.07882
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Wolfe-Bray Trail, heading S.
- 5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Forest Route 7N38, heading E.
- 0.7 miReach Wolfe-Bray Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Forest Route 6N29Y, heading SE.
- 5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.2 mi in (~201 min). Leave by 3:22 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Sourdough Trail 5 mi · ▲ 412 ft
- Spicer Meadow Reservoir & Wolfe-Bray Trail 11.5 mi · ▲ 1,666 ft
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