Western States Trail

The climbing is front-loaded — most of the 338 ft of gain lands in the first half of the 0.88 miles. The main climb starts right off the line and runs 0.23 miles, gaining 272 ft at an average 22%. You finish 131 ft above the start, so the return trip runs mostly downhill.

At 0.9 miles it is longer than 35% of the 162 trails mapped in Placer County.

It climbs more per mile than 77% of trails in Placer County.