California hiking trails - South Fork Trail, Northern Sierra Nevada, El Dorado County

   
  Trails are good and plentiful in California; South Fork Trail is one of them, and it's in El Dorado County. Gotta get out of the settlement man, and South Fork Trail in El Dorado County, California is a glorious spot for getting out. Rather far from Truckee-Grass Valley you locate South Fork Trail, but if you're looking for a glorious spot to go backcountry trekking, this is a glorious choice. These backcountry hiking trails here in the Northern Sierra Nevada are a really brilliant way to spend quality time in the outdoors. Summertime at South Fork Trail
    arrives with high temperatures in the 90's. Through the moonlight hours it's commonly in the 60's. Through the winter highs are in the 50's, and nighttime lows at South Fork Trail throughout the wintertime commonly drop into the 30's. This is just one of a large number of great
outdoors trails in this area. You should count on this backcountry trek taking about 6 hours, but you never know stuff could go wrong and you could get stuck so be prepared for that. South Fork Trail is 6.8 miles long it's a mid length walk. This backpacking and hiking trail sometimes gets very dry, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. Now this backpacking and hiking trail is pretty long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. Different parts of South Fork Trail are at very different elevations which of course means  
you need to be prepared for different conditions on different parts of the wilderness hiking trail. Every single California hiking and backpacking trail is different from the others. California is a good place for outdoors people. South Fork Trail is a mid-length backcountry hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this great outdoors trail nice for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. Backcountry hiking in California is so much fun. This backpacking and hiking trail has only one trailhead, so you're looking at an in and out hike. South Fork Trail has a total elevation difference of 1,919 feet which is an average number. Lots of rain falls at South Fork Trail; the month of January is the wettest with most of the rain; July meanwhile is the driest month. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go.

Briefly about the general area:
American River - South Fork has a brilliant whitewater paddling spot close by; naturally Stony Creek flows through this region. If you came to camp Sunset Campground is a great place to do that, and a quick visit to South Creek is definitely a great idea.
So much cool stuff to do in the Northern Sierra Nevada, not enough time. Do set aside some time for Butler Meadow since you're here at South Fork Trail, and a visit to South Fork Trail wouldn't be complete without taking a look at Cold Spring. Life's too short to enjoy all the entertaining stuff close to South Fork Trail. In case you don’t have a problem getting covered with water, you can always go whitewater paddling on Rubicon River. There's so much to do here at South Fork Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Yellow Jacket Campground is a perfect site for that.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 38.9626, Longitude -120.4323
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Total in and out hiking length = 6.8 miles

Total climbing distance = 2.5 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 6 hours

Fast Hiking Pace: 3.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 1919 feet


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 Trails Near South Fork Trail:
Hunsucker Trail, El Dorado County , 1 miles away, 1.9 hiking miles, 413 feet elevation difference
Rubicon Trail, El Dorado County , 2 miles away, 8.4 hiking miles, 2275 feet elevation difference
Dry Lakes Trail, El Dorado County , 2 miles away, 4.3 hiking miles, 879 feet elevation difference
Hunters Trail, Placer County , 3 miles away, 5 hiking miles, 1957 feet elevation difference
Grey Trail, Placer County , 3 miles away, 2.4 hiking miles, 2339 feet elevation difference
Ellicott Trail, El Dorado County , 3 miles away, 1.3 hiking miles, 1591 feet elevation difference
Parsley Bar Trail, Placer County , 4 miles away, 1.6 hiking miles, 1582 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near South Fork Trail:
Yellow Jacket Campground, El Dorado County, 5 miles away
Sunset Campground, El Dorado County, 6 miles away
Hell Hole Campground, El Dorado County, 6 miles away
McGuire Campground, Placer County, 8 miles away
Wentworth Springs Campground, El Dorado County, 8 miles away
 Whitewater Near South Fork Trail:
Rubicon River, Placer/ El Dorado County County , 10 miles away, Class V - 20.3 miles long (Ellicott Bridge to Ralston Afterbay)
American River - South Fork, El Dorado County County , 11 miles away, Class III-IV - 3.5 miles long (Riverton to Peavine Ridge Road)
American River - South Fork, El Dorado County County , 11 miles away, Class III-V - 9.6 miles long (Kyburz to Riverton)
Silver Creek - South Fork, El Dorado County County , 13 miles away, Class V+ - 2 miles long (Atherton Flat to Ice House Reservoir)
American River - South Fork, El Dorado County County , 13 miles away, Class IV-V - 9.4 miles long (Peavine Ridge Road to Forebay Road)
 Hotels Near South Fork Trail:
Best Western Stagecoach Inn, Pollock Pines , 16 miles away
Westhaven Inn Pollock Pines, Pollock Pines , 16 miles away
Squaw Valley Lodge, Squaw Valley , 19 miles away
Village at Squaw Valley, Olympic Valley , 19 miles away
Resort At Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley , 21 miles away
 Lakes Near South Fork Trail
Dry Lakes, El Dorado County , 3 miles away
Gerle Creek Divide Reservoir, El Dorado County , 3 miles away

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