Nevada · Hiking · Near Sunnyside-Tahoe City

C Mountain Foothill Trail

C Mountain Foothill TrailPhoto: jfdervin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
0.5 mi
round trip
200 ft
climb
4,781 ft
high point
Out and back
route
Mar–Jun, Sep–Oct
best months

C Mountain Foothill Trail is a short, easy hike about half a mile from Carson City, Nevada, with the Carson Ranger District Office just 0.3 miles away. The trail is an out-and-back, roughly a mile long, with a total climb of about 200 feet from a low point of 4,698 feet to a high of 4,781 feet. The steepest stretch comes at about 0.2 miles in, with a 7% grade. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Carson City show May highs around 70°F and October highs around 68°F, while July averages about 90°F and winter brings highs in the mid-40s and a few snowy days a month. C Hill Foothill Trail is 0.4 miles away, and Lincoln Bypass and EZ Trail are both within about 1.7 miles. Washoe Lake State Park Campground is about 6 miles off.

Around this trail

Add any of these when you start a trip
  • Sleep close

    Carson RV Resort

    Campground

    Campground · 2.1 mi from the trail
  • Eat after

    Ming's

    Restaurant

    On your way back · 1 mi

Places © OpenStreetMap contributors

More in Sunnyside-Tahoe City

Local outfitters

Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.

  • Best time to go · Mar–Jun, Sep–Oct

    Best time to visit C Mountain Foothill Trail

    Best months: March–June and September–October. 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.

    1. Jan

      45° / 24°

      6 wet · 2 snow

    2. Feb

      50° / 27°

      6 wet · 1 snow

    3. Mar

      56° / 32°

      5 wet · 1 snow

    4. Apr

      62° / 36°

      3 wet

    5. May

      70° / 43°

      3 wet

    6. Jun

      81° / 49°

      2 wet

    7. Jul

      90° / 55°

      1 wet

    8. Aug

      88° / 53°

      1 wet

    9. Sep

      81° / 46°

      1 wet

    10. Oct

      68° / 36°

      2 wet

    11. Nov

      55° / 28°

      3 wet · 1 snow

    12. Dec

      45° / 24°

      5 wet · 1 snow

    Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Carson City, NV, 1.6 mi away at 4,761 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Keep exploring — more trails worth the drive

C Hill Foothill TrailPhoto: Wheeler Cowperthwaite, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)

C Hill Foothill Trail

Next door

1.02-mile out-and-back hike in Nevada with 464 ft gain.

EZ TrailPhoto: jfdervin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)

EZ Trail

~3 min drive

2.42-mile out-and-back hike in Nevada with 1,069 ft elevation gain

Ash to Kings TrailPhoto: jfdervin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)

Ash to Kings Trail

~5 min drive

14.20-mile out-and-back trail in Nevada with 546 ft elevation gain.

Sagebrush LoopPhoto: Nouhailler, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)

Sagebrush Loop

~4 min drive

0.96-mile loop trail in Nevada with 123 ft elevation gain

Rocky TrailPhoto: Nouhailler, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)

Rocky Trail

~9 min drive

2.50-mile out-and-back hike in Nevada with 617 ft gain

Capital to TahoePhoto: jfdervin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)

Capital to Tahoe

~6 min drive

20.24-mile out-and-back trail in Nevada with 1,776 ft gain

Bitterbrush LoopPhoto: Nouhailler, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)

Bitterbrush Loop

~4 min drive

0.41-mile loop in Nevada with 116 ft elevation gain and loss.

HIKE

James Lee Loop 1

~7 min drive

3.34-mile out-and-back trail in Nevada with 175 ft gain.

Franktown Creek RoadPhoto: jfdervin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)

Franktown Creek Road

~8 min drive

5.22-mile out-and-back trail in Nevada with 2,545 ft elevation gain.

Odyssey TrailPhoto: jfdervin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)

Odyssey Trail

~4 min drive

1.18-mile out-and-back trail in Nevada with 535 ft elevation gain

Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors