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Rubicon Trail
California
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
1.6 mi
Distance
700 ft
Gain
43 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Eldorado National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Why you'll love it
Through-trail
Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back
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Rubicon Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 700 ft
- Elevation loss
- 700 ft
- Highest point
- 6,690 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,422 ft
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- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Rubicon Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back route in California with 700 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 6,690 feet.
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