Iowa Hill Road to Yankee Jims Bridge
Trail photos
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 5.75 mi
- Elevation gain
- 899 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 1,680 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,857 ft
- TrailRank
-
97
5
- Min elevation
- 955 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 5 hours 50 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1337
- Uploaded
- November 6, 2011
- Recorded
- November 2011
near Colfax, California (United States)
Viewed 18287 times, downloaded 87 times
Trail photos
Itinerary description
Would estimate this as a 4-hour hike with limited stops.
Waypoints
Waypoint
1,355 ft
1st Creek Crossing
Creek requires a rope-assist crossing in early spring due to the fast and high water flows.
Waypoint
1,277 ft
River Access Trail
This ~400-foot trail provides a steep yet easy access to one of the prettiest spots on the North Fork American River.
Waypoint
1,267 ft
Spring Access Trail
Great .3-mile trail that parallels a year-round creek to it's source, an underground spring.
Waypoint
1,545 ft
Windy Point Redux (2nd bluff)
Spectacular river views and wildflower vistas abound, aka just like Windy Point.
Waypoint
958 ft
Indian Creek
The confluence of Indian Creek and the North Fork American River is a popular gold panning location and is a great place to swim or rock scramble, including up Indian Creek ~.3-miles to a falls.
Waypoint
1,037 ft
Yankee Jim's Bridge
Yankee Jim's bridge is .1-miles from Shirttail Creek. Built in 1930 it forms the Boundary for Auburn State Recreation Area.
Hiking
1,607 ft
Windy Point Trailhead
This popular wild-flower overlook on the North Fork of the American River is located on Iowa Hill Road in Colfax .7-miles past the Mineral Bar Campground in Auburn State Recreation Area. More information on Windy Point >>>http://members.psyber.com/asra/tgwind.pdf
Waypoint
1,339 ft
Windy Point Bluff
Windy Point is widely recognized as one of the premier wildflower hikes in Auburn SRA, if not all of Placer County.
Waypoint
1,111 ft
Rendezvous Yankee Jim's Group
Spot where the Windy Point hikers met the Yankee Jim crew on their way-up to Iowa Hill for a key swap in November 2011.
Comments (7)
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I can hardly wait to make this journey myself. Sorry I keep missing your trips.
Thanks for including waypoints with photos to this great hike. I'll add this hike to my list of places to visit on my next visit to Sacramento.
Magnífica ruta y preciosas fotos.
¡¡Que suerte tenéis de disfrutar de esos parajes!!
It´s great man, it's really nice, this river look very wild hahaha. Seriusly, I like the photo and the trail.
Bye! https://www.wikiloc.com/outdoor-trails/iowa-hill-road-to-yankee-jims-bridge-2194621#wp-2194624/photo-824551
Great trail @FoothillHikers, thank you!!
Magnífica ruta y preciosas fotos.
¡¡Que suerte tenéis de disfrutar de esos parajes!!
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