Matrimony Ridge
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 5.73 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,106 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,207 ft
- Max elevation
- 7,034 ft
- TrailRank
- 36
- Min elevation
- 6,034 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 4 hours 15 minutes
- Coordinates
- 903
- Uploaded
- January 5, 2009
- Recorded
- January 2009
near Troy, California (United States)
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Itinerary description
A great snowshoe hike from I-80 (near Kingvale Exit) to Matrimony Ridge, Tahoe National Forest, California, USA.
Take I-80 to the Kingvale exit, then west on Donner Pass Road. There are a few parking spaces at the trailhead/I-80 underpass. Otherwise park weekends at the school 0.1 miles to the east (start of this track). There are several intersections, an obscure turnoff, and confusing signs before and after the railroad crossing; it might be best to download and follow the GPS track for the first 1.5 miles. Then just head cross country up the ridge.
Take I-80 to the Kingvale exit, then west on Donner Pass Road. There are a few parking spaces at the trailhead/I-80 underpass. Otherwise park weekends at the school 0.1 miles to the east (start of this track). There are several intersections, an obscure turnoff, and confusing signs before and after the railroad crossing; it might be best to download and follow the GPS track for the first 1.5 miles. Then just head cross country up the ridge.
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view
This is off the blue diamond trail, but has a great view from the ridge to the west.
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right fork
follow blue diamonds, right fork
Snowshoe
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blue diamond
The track follows the blue diamond trail to this waypoint, but beyond here it is best just to follow the ridge uphill over snow.
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This route is described in "Snowshoe Trails Tahoe" by Mike White. However, the map in the (otherwise excellent) book shows the route bypassing peak 7000, which is definitely the location of the pictured "matrimony tree", and heading 0.5 miles farther south to a different high point.
See http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=1614345 for updated route to Matrimony Ridge, more closely following the marked "blue diamond" Nordic Trail.