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| | If you happen to be in California, why not go backcountry trekking, it is so much fun. California is a tremendous place for outdoors folks. Bake Oven Trail is situated a relatively long tour from Truckee-Grass Valley, but it is an outstanding refuge from the town. There are so many trails in this area. The pretty hiking trails of the Northern Sierra Nevada are the best way to enjoy these peaks. This hiking trail is a normal length hiking trail having an average number of uphill miles which makes this trail tremendous for hard core backpackers looking |
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for adventure. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in place. This hiking trail goes through some very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the hiking trail could be very different from other parts of it. This is a long wilderness
| | trail, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. At Bake Oven Trail all through the warm months highs are in the 90's with night lows in the 60's. Daytime highs all through the wintertime are in the 50's; all through the dark hours in the wintertime at Bake Oven Trail temperatures dip to the 30's. Hitting the backcountry trails is always an enjoyable thing to do, and if you happen to be in Placer County of California, Bake Oven Trail is an outstanding local backcountry trail for doing a bit of leg stretching. Sometimes this wilderness trail gets really dry, | |
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so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. Wilderness trails for backcountry trekking, and backpacking can be found all over California; one of them being Bake Oven Trail in Placer County. Bake Oven Trail sees
pretty high levels of rainfall; January is when you get the most rain here, and July on the other hand is the driest. This backpacking trail has a total elevation difference of 2,032 feet, and that is about average. This backcountry trek shouldn't take more than 8 hours, but you
never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Every backcountry hiking trail in California is well worth a backcountry hike. Bake Oven Trail is a one trailhead backpacking trail, so you'll be trekking it in and back out. With its 9 miles of walking
distance it's a mid length backcountry trek.
Briefly about the general area:
You definitely ought to fancy Bake Oven Trail. Rubicon River has a good whitewater paddling spot nearby; it's a glorious idea to go to Peavine Creek. A pleasant tour to Squaw Flat is a brilliant
way to spend an afternoon, and you can stay the night at Ralston Campground.
While you're here at Bake Oven Trail it's a delightful idea to stop by Little Oak Flat, and don't forget to take a tremendous little journey to Eldorado Creek. All the outdoors enjoyable stuff in the
Northern Sierra Nevada will keep you coming back again and again. There's so much to do here at Bake Oven Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Chicken Hawk Campground is a good spot for that, and a good location is El Dorado Canyon.
A short tour to Dad Youngs Spring
is always worthwhile, and if you don’t have a problem getting wet, you can always go whitewater paddling on American River - Middle Fork. Not enough hours in a day to enjoy the Northern Sierra Nevada. Zero Spring is a picturesque place to pop by while you're at Bake Oven Trail; folks from Truckee-Grass Valley love to come here.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 39.0433, Longitude -120.7303
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 9 miles
Total climbing distance = 4.1 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
8 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
5.5 hours
Total elevation difference: 2032 feet
Best Western Stagecoach Inn, Pollock Pines
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17 miles away
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17 miles away
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Outdoors Recreation Near Truckee-Grass Valley, California
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| These outdoors activities are available near Bake Oven Trail. |
| | Trails Near Bake Oven Trail:
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Nevada Point Trail, El Dorado
County
, 4 miles away, 5.3 hiking miles, 2771 feet elevation difference |
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American Eagle Trail, Placer
County
, 8 miles away, 1.8 hiking miles, 190 feet elevation difference |
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Italian Bar Trail, Placer
County
, 8 miles away, 4 hiking miles, 2437 feet elevation difference |
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Euchre Bar Trail, Placer
County
, 8 miles away, 3.3 hiking miles, 1947 feet elevation difference |
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Pigeon Roost Trail, Placer
County
, 9 miles away, 1.4 hiking miles, 763 feet elevation difference |
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Green Valley Trail, Placer
County
, 9 miles away, 2.8 hiking miles, 2371 feet elevation difference |
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Mumford Bar Trail, Placer
County
, 9 miles away, 5.1 hiking miles, 3289 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near Bake Oven Trail:
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American River - Middle Fork, Placer County
County
, 3 miles away, Class IV-V - 2.1 miles long (Mosquito Ridge Road to confluence with Middle Fork) |
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Rubicon River, Placer/ El Dorado County
County
, 8 miles away, Class V - 20.3 miles long (Ellicott Bridge to Ralston Afterbay) |
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American River - North Fork, Placer County
County
, 9 miles away, Class IV-V - 12.3 miles long (Tadpole Creek to Euchre Bar) |
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American River - North Fork, Placer County
County
, 12 miles away, Class IV-V - 14.5 miles long (Euchre Bar to Colfax-Iowa Hill Road) |
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American River - South Fork, El Dorado County
County
, 14 miles away, Class IV-V - 7 miles long (Slab Creek Dam to White Rock Powerhouse) |
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Best Western Stagecoach Inn, Pollock Pines
, 17 miles away |
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NATIONAL 9 INN, Placerville
, 17 miles away |
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Albert Shafsky House Bed And Breakfast, Placerville
, 18 miles away |
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Gold Country Inn, Placerville
, 18 miles away |
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Lexington Historic Cary House Hotel, Placerville
, 18 miles away |
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