Wikiloc | Pioneer Express Trail - Rattlesnake Bar to Sterling Point Trail

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Trail stats

Distance: 9.33 mi
Elevation gain: 876 ft
Technical difficulty: Moderate
Elevation loss: 876 ft
Max elevation: 633 ft
TrailRank: 35
Min elevation: 407 ft
Trail type: Loop

Moving time: 3 hours 34 minutes
Time: 5 hours 12 minutes
Coordinates: 2643
Uploaded: November 10, 2020
Recorded: November 2020

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near Lakeshore, California (United States)

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Itinerary description

This hike is very beautiful with stunning views of Folsom Lake and amazing boulders and rockfalls. Trail surface is good; varying from dirt, sand, slippery decomposed granite and some granite or log steps.

Signage along the trail is lacking at best. Also, there are lots of intersecting unmarked trails along with upper and lower trails in some areas. Using a recording or a trail map is advised.

CORRECTIONS:
1) At like 3.8, do not continue as the recording shows, instead turn right to head uphill to Sterling Point (porta-toilets in upper parking lot).

2) At mile 6.5, do NOT take the right hand trail going down unless you are a confident “mountain goat” type hiker. That trail is very narrow on a steep drop-off which requires a leap across an area that has eroded away.