California hiking trails - Italian Bar Trail, Northern Sierra Nevada, Placer County

   
  Great great outdoors trails in California are in abundance, and Italian Bar Trail is one of them, and it's in Placer County. Every California great outdoors trail is delightful in its own way. Backpacking here in California is a must. When you're here in California backcountry trekking along one of its great outdoors trails is always an enjoyable thing to do. The length of Italian Bar Trail is about average having an average number of uphill miles which makes it a brilliant backpacking trail for the average person looking for a brilliant adventure. Some
    parts of this trail are much higher up than other parts of the trail which of course means you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the trail. At parts of the year this region sees very little rain, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions
before you go. Pretty far from Truckee-Grass Valley you find Italian Bar Trail, but many folks like to trek here to be in the neighborhood of the outdoors. Please follow all local rules about fires and camping. The total elevation difference for Italian Bar Trail is 2,437 feet which is about average. There is only one trailhead, so you'll be hiking it in and back out. This is one of many backpacking trails in the surrounding neighborhood. Even though this is not a very long great outdoors hiking trail you should still bring some emergency supplies just  
in case something happens. During the days of summer at Italian Bar Trail temperatures are frequently in the 90's, and the nighttime is a bit cooler of course, commonly in the 60's. For the period of the winter the highs are commonly in the 50's with temperatures at Italian Bar Trail dipping down into the 30's all through winter nights. With its 4 miles of walking distance it's a mid length walk. The striking backpacking and hiking trails of the Northern Sierra Nevada are the best way to enjoy these hills. Gotta get out of the town man, and Italian Bar Trail in Placer County, California is just what you need. Italian Bar Trail is a wet place that gets a good deal of rainfall; through the month of January you get the most rain around here; July is when it's the driest. This trek shouldn't take more than 3.5 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that.

Briefly about the general area:
There's whitewater on Yuba River - South Fork for all you adrenaline rush seekers. And if that's not sufficient there's loads more cool things to do in the Northern Sierra Nevada. The beauty of mother nature reveals herself at Corral Spring, and you'll meet a lot of people from Truckee-Grass Valley here.
Italian Bar Trail is tremendous enough to spend more than a day at, North Fork Campground is a tremendous local campground; whitewater paddling is not for everybody but if it's for you then, we recommend American River - North Fork. Camping at Thousand Trails is always a great experience, and a fine location to visit is Italian Bar.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 39.184, Longitude -120.6762
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Total in and out hiking length = 4 miles

Total climbing distance = 1.6 miles

Difficulty : Medium

Casual Hiking Pace: 3.5 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 2 hours

Total elevation difference: 2437 feet


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 Trails Near Italian Bar Trail:
Burnett Canyon Trail, Placer County , 2 miles away, 1.1 hiking miles, 753 feet elevation difference
American Eagle Trail, Placer County , 3 miles away,  1.8 hiking miles, 190 feet elevation difference
Mumford Bar Trail, Placer County , 3 miles away, 5.1 hiking miles, 3289 feet elevation difference
Euchre Bar Trail, Placer County , 5 miles away, 3.3 hiking miles, 1947 feet elevation difference
Beacroft Trail, Placer County , 7 miles away,  4.6 hiking miles, 2690 feet elevation difference
Mears Lake Valley Trail, Placer County , 7 miles away, 2.1 hiking miles, 863 feet elevation difference
Green Valley Trail, Placer County , 8 miles away, 2.8 hiking miles, 2371 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Italian Bar Trail:
North Fork Campground, Placer County, 4 miles away
Thousand Trails, Emigrant Gap, 5 miles away
Cisco Grove Campground & Recreational Vehicle, Emigrant Gap, 5 miles away
Secret House Campground, Placer County, 6 miles away
Bear Valley Campground, Placer County, 6 miles away
 Whitewater Near Italian Bar Trail:
American River - North Fork, Placer County County , 1 miles away, Class IV-V - 12.3 miles long (Tadpole Creek to Euchre Bar)
Yuba River - South Fork, Nevada/ Placer County County , 9 miles away, Class IV-V(V+) - 7.5 miles long (Cisco Grove to Spaulding Reservoir)
American River - Middle Fork, Placer County County , 10 miles away, Class IV-V - 2.1 miles long (Mosquito Ridge Road to confluence with Middle Fork)
Fordyce Creek, Nevada County County , 12 miles away, Class IV-V - 12 miles long (Fordyce Lake to Lake Spaulding)
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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Deer Creek Inn, Nevada City , 15 miles away
Nevada City Inn, Nevada City , 24 miles away
Best Western Stagecoach Inn, Pollock Pines , 24 miles away
Piety Hill Cottages, Nevada City , 24 miles away
Best Western Gold Country Inn, Grass Valley , 25 miles away

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