Soaproot Ridge Trail
- 0.4 mi
- round trip
- 212 ft
- climb
- Gravel Road
- surface
- Out and back
- route
- Oct–Jun
- best months
Clear at last check
Weather is good · OpenWeather · checked 22 h ago
Soaproot Ridge Trail is a short mountain biking route on Bureau of Land Management land in California, within the Mother Lode Field Office. The ride covers 0.39 miles one way as an out-and-back, about 0.78 miles round trip. It climbs about 210 feet one way between a low point of roughly 1,060 feet and a high point near 1,290 feet. The distance is short, but the climb is concentrated. Spring and mid-fall are the most comfortable times to ride. Typical averages from the nearby Sonora weather station show April highs around 67°F and October highs near 76°F, while July and August average in the low 90s. Two hiking trails start close by: Overlook Loop Trail is about 0.3 miles away and Old Stage Trail is about 0.4 miles away. Six Bit Trail is a little over 2 miles off, and climbers can head to Welcome Wall, about 6.4 miles away.
- Soaprood Ridge TrailMountain biking0.1 mi
Overlook Loop TrailHikingPhoto: Adam Schultz, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)0.3 mi- Old Stage TrailHikingPhoto: Adam Schultz, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)0.4 mi
- Six Bit TrailHiking2.2 mi
- Welcome WallRock climbing6.4 mi
The GrottoRock climbingPhoto: jfdervin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)6.4 mi
Ort WallRock climbingPhoto: jfdervin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)6.4 mi- Sullivan CreekCanoeing8.9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Columbia Se Ohv-AtvMountain biking · ~34 min drivePhoto: srsmedly, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Noonday MneMountain biking · ~34 min drivePhoto: srsmedly, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Sonnet MineMountain biking · ~34 min drivePhoto: srsmedly, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Columbia Se Ohv-4X4Mountain biking · ~34 min drivePhoto: srsmedly, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Lucky StrikeMountain biking · ~34 min drivePhoto: srsmedly, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Knight CreekMountain biking · ~35 min drivePhoto: srsmedly, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
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Best time to visit Soaproot Ridge Trail
Best months: October–June. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
56° / 33°
10 wet
Feb
58° / 34°
10 wet
Mar
62° / 37°
10 wet
Apr
67° / 40°
6 wet
May
76° / 45°
4 wet
Jun
85° / 51°
1 wet
Jul
93° / 57°
0 wet
Aug
92° / 56°
0 wet
Sep
87° / 51°
1 wet
Oct
76° / 43°
4 wet
Nov
63° / 36°
7 wet
Dec
55° / 32°
10 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Sonora, CA, 10.1 mi away at 1,675 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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