Sidehill Connector Trail (#145A)
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Route map of the Sidehill Connector Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app and depicted a la Google Earth...
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...
The trail starts on a moderate uphill grade...
It quickly levels off, however...
A curved bridge takes the trail across a small muddy area...
Heading downhill again...
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.