Sidehill Connector Trail Map

Route map of the Sidehill Connector Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app and depicted a la Google Earth...

Sidehill Connector Trail Map

Route map of the Sidehill Connector Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app...

Sidehill Connector Trail @ F.R. 479

The north terminus of the Sidehill Connector Trail is here, along Forest Service Road 479. There's only a small pullout here but more parking is available a short distance southwest at gated Forest Service Road 479H...

Sidehill Connector Trail @ F.R. 479

The north terminus of the Sidehill Connector Trail, as it's seen departing Forest Service Road 479...

Sidehill Connector Trail

The trail starts on a moderate uphill grade...

Sidehill Connector Trail

It quickly levels off, however...

Sidehill Connector Trail

A curved bridge takes the trail across a small muddy area...

Sidehill Connector Trail

Heading downhill again...

Sidehill Connector Trail

The Lower Sidehill Connector is barely more than 1/3-mile long so it doesn't take me long to descend to its upper terminus at the Lower Sidehill Trail...

Sidehill Connector/Lower Sidehill Trail Junction

The south terminus of the Sidehill Connector is here, where it meets the Lower Sidehill Trail (L-R), just west of Yellow Gap Branch...

Sidehill Connector/Lower Sidehill Trail Junction

The south terminus of the Sidehill Connector (straight ahead) as seen from the Lower Sidehill Trail (L-R), just west of Yellow Gap Branch.