Auburn SRA-PRR-Coffer Dam loop
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 1.86 mi
- Elevation gain
- 256 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 292 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,475 ft
- TrailRank
- 12
- Min elevation
- 1,180 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 198
- Uploaded
- December 10, 2008
- Recorded
- December 2008
near Auburn, California (United States)
Viewed 1985 times, downloaded 12 times
Itinerary description
In Pointed Rocks ranch (also called Knickerbocker Ranch or Olmstead trail area.) The trail junction on the olmstead loop says that this trail goes to Auburn via the coffer dam. Unfortunately it does not go there. Gate 161 is locked and it says that the dam construction area is closed to everyone. I am hoping that will change soon, since the dam construction area is now open from all sides except this one. On the Auburn side there are now public roads down to the dam construction site. Even if the state opens this gate, there is no crossing on the river. The diversion tunnel has now been closed, so there are no more trails across the river bed.
However, this loop is a nice shady walk. Since both side of it are in steep valleys, most of this area is in dense, cool, shady forest and thus provides different scenary than the rolling grasslands of the olmstead loop.
This is not a stand alone trail. Park behind the Cool fire station. Walk one mile on the dam construction road :
http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=204937
Alternate ways to get out to the start of this trail the salt creek pond loop or the olmstead loop
http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=253811
http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=255048
However, this loop is a nice shady walk. Since both side of it are in steep valleys, most of this area is in dense, cool, shady forest and thus provides different scenary than the rolling grasslands of the olmstead loop.
This is not a stand alone trail. Park behind the Cool fire station. Walk one mile on the dam construction road :
http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=204937
Alternate ways to get out to the start of this trail the salt creek pond loop or the olmstead loop
http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=253811
http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=255048
Waypoints
Hiking
1,277 ft
TJ OLM CDT
Trail Junction Olmstead loop with Coffer Dam trail
Hiking
1,166 ft
Gate161
10-DEC-08 1:08:48PM - 10-DEC-08 1:08:48PM
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