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Sweet Water Trail

Take highway 50 until you come to Eldorado Hills. Take the Eldorado Hills blvd. exit and head north. Stay on this road it will turn in to Salmon Falls Rd. You will travel down this road for about 10 to 15 minutes before you come across Salmon Falls Bridge. On your left hand side right before the bridge is free parking. Across the bridge on both your right and left side you can find paid parking areas. The right side has bathroom but the parking spot and bathrooms are not always open.

Highest Elevation: 607 ft (Elevation info is off. GPS was acting funny during trail ride.)
Lowest Elevation: 100 ft
Trail length: 6.2 miles (rough estimate if you go out and back)
Time: 1 Hr 20 minutes (average rider)
Rating: 7 out of 10
Intermediate

This is a short trail and it is an easy out and back. However you can connect up with Salmon Falls Trail and make it a much longer ride if you would like to get some distance in. There is two places you can park and they are both free at each entrance. Both of them are on Salmon Falls Road and if you go past Salmon Falls Bridge you went to far. The trail has a little bit of a roller coaster effect and some technical challenges throughout. It overlooks the lake in several spots and has nice scenery. I think this trail would have rated an 8 if it was a little longer. If you are a beginner you will have no problem making this ride.

Salmon Falls

January 7, 2012 in California, Folsom, Salmon Falls, Trail Reviews

Highest Elevation: 573 ft
Lowest Elevation: 454 ft
Trail length: 16 miles (rough)
Time: 2 hrs (average rider)
Rating: 8 out of 10
Intermediate

Salmon Falls starts off with a difficult technical climb and descent. After about a mile into the trail it becomes a fairly easy ride with the occasional technical challenge. You are overlooking the lake on a good portion of the ride and the scenery is great in the spring. It gets dry in the summer and is not as nice but can still be a lot of fun to cruise this trail. This is an out and back adventure for the most part, but if you really learn this area or ask some of the local riders. You can make a loop towards the back end a few different ways. There is actually some neat secrets hidden among Salmon Falls and when the water is low an old bridge can be seen. You can ride over the bridge and connect up with the Sweet Water Trail. This is one I keep going back to and find little off shoots all over the place. Not to easy to get board with this area.