8.7 miles
Distance
1,362 ft
Climb
-1,359 ft
Descent
1 mile
High Point

No description for Caples Creek Loop route has been added yet! Submit one here.

Detailed Description
Caples Creek Loop is a 9 mile moderately popular expert route located near Kirkwood California. This hike only route and has a moderate overall physical rating. This route includes 7 trails. This route climbs 1,362 ft with a max elevation of 6,817 ft then descends -1,359 ft.
Local Trail Association
Local trail association
Mother Lode Trail Stewardship (motherlodestewardship.org)
Please consider joining or donating to the local riding association to support trail development & maintenance.
donate to earn trail karma!

4 Reviews & Comments


We hope you've been enjoying Trailforks!

Create a FREE account to view route comments and much more.

Create a Free Account

Trails in Route

Details

  • Riding area
    Silver Fork
  • Primary Activity
    Hike
  • Difficulty rating
    Black Diamond
  • Route Type
    Loop
  • Physical rating
    Moderate
More Stats for Caples Creek Loop mountain bike route
  • Altitude min
    5,591 ft
  • Altitude start
    5,591 ft
  • Altitude end
    5,594 ft
  • Grade max
    -50.2%
  • Grade min
    84.4%
  • Distance climb
    4 miles
  • Distance down
    4 miles
  • Distance flat
    2,657 ft

Directions

  1. Walk east on Caples Spur Road.
  2. Continue for 2 kilometers.
  3. Bear left onto Caples Creek Trail (Middle).
  4. Continue for 3 kilometers.
  5. Bear right onto Government Meadow Trail.
  6. Continue for 1.5 kilometers.
  7. Turn left onto Old Silver Lake Trail.
  8. Continue for 900 meters.
  9. Bear right onto Silver Fork Trail.
  10. Continue for 4 kilometers.
  11. Turn left onto Caples Creek Trail (Lower).
  12. Continue for 2 kilometers.
no votes yet
close
  • BasemapMap 
3D
Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Groomed
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Snow Cover Inadequate
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Ideal
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Trail Flow (Ridden Direction)
Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
  • > 96%
  • > 90%
  • > 80%
  • > 70%
  • > 50%
  • < 50%
  • bi-directional trail
  • no data
Trail Last Ridden
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine the last time a trail was ridden.
  • < 2 days
  • < 1 week
  • < 2 weeks
  • < 1 month
  • < 6 months
  • > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
  • Downhill Only
  • Downhill Primary
  • Both Directions
  • Uphill Primary
  • Uphill Only
  • One Direction
Contribute Details
Colors indicate trail is missing specified detail.
  • Description
  • Photos
  • Description & Photos
  • Videos
Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months. Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades. Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
  • most popular
  • popular
  • less popular
  • not popular
ATV/ORV/OHV Filter
Max Vehicle Width
inches

Radar Time
x Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public ridelogs from the past 6 months.
  • mountain biking recent
  • mountain biking (>6 month)
  • hiking (1 year)
  • moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
  • Downhill Ski
  • Backcountry Ski
  • Nordic Ski
  • Snowmobile
Winter Trails
Warning A routing network for winter maps does not exist. Selecting trails using the winter trails layer has been disabled.
x Missing Trails
Most Popular
Least Popular
Trails are colored based on popularity. The more popular a trail is, the more red. Less popular trails trend towards green.
Jump Magnitude Heatmap
Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
Trails Deemphasized
Trails are shown in grey.
disable
Only show trails with NO bikes.
enable

Save the current map location and zoom level as your default home location whenever this page is loaded.

Save
Trail transparency
view larger map

Photos

more photos »
267
280

Videos

more videos »
MTN BIKE | SILVER FORK DH | Kirkwood, CA
MTN BIKE | SILVER FORK DH | Kirkwood, CA
3:05 | 723 | comments: 0 | favs:
Jul 25, 2018

Recent Trail Reports Along Route

statustraildateconditiondescription
Government Meadow Trail
May 7, 2021 @ 7:28am
May 7, 2021
Couldn't even make it to the river there were so many trees down. Lots of snags still standing too.
Caples Creek Trail (Middle)
May 7, 2021 @ 7:26am
May 7, 2021
Numerous trees down on the lower and middle sections
Silver Fork Trail
Jun 30, 2020 @ 1:35pm
Jun 30, 2020
Riding good, I would say 3 to 4 downed trees, the fire did some damage to some of the rock garden sections but all rideable just got to choose a line. The top sections is a very wide fire road now looks like either from the fire or logging, still fun. Link this in with Thunder Mtn for a long descent.
more reports »
  • By chuktA TRAILFORKS NFTA & contributors
  • #45183 - 57 views