1.0 mile
Distance
1,120 ft
Climb
-31 ft
Descent
00:48:11
Avg time
Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of Castle Peak West Trail

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Details

  • Activities
    • Hike
    • Mountain Bike
    • Horse
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Donner Summit
    Truckee, California
  • Difficulty Rating
    Double Black Diamond rate
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T3 Demanding Mountain Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Double Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Extreme
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Alpine Trail
    Yes
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #147848 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #1582 in Trail Running
    • #1060 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    25 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 100 in Trail Running
    • 100 in Hiking
    • 5 in Horseback

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Castle Peak West Trail is a 1 mile less popular double black diamond singletrack alpine trail located near Truckee California. This hike primary trail can be used both directions and has a extreme overall physical rating with a 1,120 ft double black diamond climb. On average it takes 48 minutes to complete this trail.

This trail is unsanctioned.

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Castle Peak West Trail hike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    1,090 ft
  • Altitude min
    7,931 ft
  • Altitude max
    9,039 ft
  • Altitude start
    7,931 ft
  • Altitude end
    9,021 ft
  • Grade
    19.676%
  • Grade max
    -8.819%
  • Grade min
    50.619%
  • Distance climb
    4,946 ft
  • Distance down
    417 ft
  • Distance flat
    175 ft
  • Avg time
    00:48:11
  • Avg reverse time
    00:21:34
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      Aug 13, 2019 @ 12:37pm
      Aug 13, 2019
      		 Very dry and loose. Lots of butterflies
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      • Last: Feb 18, 2023

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