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| | Put on your trekking shoes, and hit the wilderness trail, Granite Chief Trail in Placer County, California is the outdoors at its best. Here in California backpacking is always an enjoyable thing to do. A lengthy tour parts Gardnerville Ranchos from Granite Chief Trail, but trekking is such a fun thing to do, and this is an excellent site to do that. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. This is a neighborhood covered with lots of trails. With its 5.2 miles of walking distance it's a mid length backcountry hike. Even though this is not a very |
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long hiking and backpacking trail you should still bring some emergency supplies just in case something happens. California is an excellent place for backcountry hikers. This hiking and backpacking trail has a total elevation difference of 2,105 feet which is an average number.
| | This is a one trailhead hiking and backpacking trail, so you'll be backcountry hiking it in and back out. Granite Chief Trail gets a typical amount of yearly rainfall; January is when you get the most snow here, and July is when it's the driest. Every backpacking trail in California is charming in its own way. Great outdoors hiking trails like this one here in the Northern Sierra Nevada are a really good way to spend quality time in the wilderness. This backpacking trail goes through some very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the backpacking | |
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trail could be very different from other parts of it. Granite Chief Trail is a normal length great outdoors trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes it a nice trail for the average person looking for a nice adventure. At parts of the year this area sees very
little rain, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. The time needed for this hike is roughly 4.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. Summer at
Granite Chief Trail comes with high temperatures in the 80's; through summer nights temperatures are in the 40's. Highs through the winter are mostly in the 40's; through the dark hours in the winter at Granite Chief Trail temperatures descend to the 10's. There are so many delightful
backpacking trails for backpacking in California; Granite Chief Trail is one of them, and it's in Placer County.
Briefly about the general area:
So much cool stuff to do in the Northern Sierra Nevada, not enough time. While you're here at Granite Chief Trail it's a nice
idea to go to Alpine Meadows, and camping is available at Splitrock Campground. There's some flowing water nearby, Chief Creek is a stream you can have a look at while you're here; a great site to camp here at Granite Chief Trail is Bear Creek Campground.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 39.1997, Longitude -120.2405
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 5.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 2 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace:
4.5 hours
Fast Hiking Pace:
3 hours
Total elevation difference: 2105 feet
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2 miles away
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Village at Squaw Valley, Olympic Valley
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2 miles away
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User input for Granite Chief Trail, Northern Sierra Nevada, Placer County, California:
Outdoors Recreation Near Gardnerville Ranchos, Nevada
Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Gardnerville Ranchos, Nevada, the metro area neareast to Granite Chief Trail. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more.
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Current weather conditions at Granite Chief Trail, Northern Sierra Nevada, Placer County, California
Local climate location: SIERRAVILLE R S 8 miles away
       
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Resort At Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley
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4 miles away
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Holiday Inn Express Truckee, Ca, Truckee
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6 miles away
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More Hotels and Campgrounds Near Granite Chief Trail, Northern Sierra Nevada, Placer County, California
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| These outdoors activities are available near Granite Chief Trail. |
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Painted Rock Trail, Placer
County
, 3 miles away, 7.4 hiking miles, 1553 feet elevation difference |
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Big Spring Trail, Placer
County
, 3 miles away, 2.2 hiking miles, 289 feet elevation difference |
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Five Lakes Creek Trail, Placer
County
, 4 miles away, 4.4 hiking miles, 1394 feet elevation difference |
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Steamboat Trail, Placer
County
, 8 miles away, 11.6 hiking miles, 2686 feet elevation difference |
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McKinstry Trail, Placer
County
, 9 miles away, 8 hiking miles, 2734 feet elevation difference |
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Tevis Cup Trail, Placer
County
, 9 miles away, 11.1 hiking miles, 1773 feet elevation difference |
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Heath Falls Overlook Trail, Placer
County
, 10 miles away, 5.2 hiking miles, 1601 feet elevation difference |
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Squaw Valley Lodge, Squaw Valley
, 2 miles away |
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Village at Squaw Valley, Olympic Valley
, 2 miles away |
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Resort At Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley
, 4 miles away |
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Holiday Inn Express Truckee, Ca, Truckee
, 6 miles away |
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The Inn At Truckee, Truckee
, 7 miles away |
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