Iowa Hill Road to Yankee Jims Bridge

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Trail stats

Distance: 5.75 mi
Elevation gain: 899 ft
Technical difficulty: Difficult
Elevation loss: 1,680 ft
Max elevation: 1,857 ft
TrailRank: 97 5
Min elevation: 955 ft
Trail type: One Way

Time: 5 hours 50 minutes
Coordinates: 1337
Uploaded: November 6, 2011
Recorded: November 2011

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near Colfax, California (United States)

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Itinerary description

This hike is difficult due to frequent narrow spots with steep drop-offs. It's anything but fast going and can be brutally hot in the exposed areas during the summer. It's not for the faint of heart past Windy Point. Elevation profile isn't accurate, neither is distance. Total elevation gain according to Google Earth is 1,585 and loss is 2,400 with a length of 5.46-miles.

Would estimate this as a 4-hour hike with limited stops.

Waypoints

1st Creek Crossing

Creek requires a rope-assist crossing in early spring due to the fast and high water flows.

River Access Trail

This ~400-foot trail provides a steep yet easy access to one of the prettiest spots on the North Fork American River.

Spring Access Trail

Great .3-mile trail that parallels a year-round creek to it's source, an underground spring.

Windy Point Redux (2nd bluff)

Spectacular river views and wildflower vistas abound, aka just like Windy Point.

Sinkhole

Prominent sinkhole just off the trail.

Indian Creek

The confluence of Indian Creek and the North Fork American River is a popular gold panning location and is a great place to swim or rock scramble, including up Indian Creek ~.3-miles to a falls.

Yankee Jim's Bridge

Yankee Jim's bridge is .1-miles from Shirttail Creek. Built in 1930 it forms the Boundary for Auburn State Recreation Area.

Windy Point Trailhead

This popular wild-flower overlook on the North Fork of the American River is located on Iowa Hill Road in Colfax .7-miles past the Mineral Bar Campground in Auburn State Recreation Area. More information on Windy Point >>>http://members.psyber.com/asra/tgwind.pdf

Windy Point Bluff

Windy Point is widely recognized as one of the premier wildflower hikes in Auburn SRA, if not all of Placer County.

Rendezvous Yankee Jim's Group

Spot where the Windy Point hikers met the Yankee Jim crew on their way-up to Iowa Hill for a key swap in November 2011.

Comments (7)

ClipperCreekWanderer Nov 10, 2011
I can hardly wait to make this journey myself. Sorry I keep missing your trips.
Anderson Feb 23, 2014

Thanks for including waypoints with photos to this great hike. I'll add this hike to my list of places to visit on my next visit to Sacramento.
Dalits Mar 31, 2014

Magnífica ruta y preciosas fotos.

¡¡Que suerte tenéis de disfrutar de esos parajes!!
HispanoMaximo Aug 30, 2014
It´s great man, it's really nice, this river look very wild hahaha. Seriusly, I like the photo and the trail.

Bye! https://www.wikiloc.com/outdoor-trails/iowa-hill-road-to-yankee-jims-bridge-2194621#wp-2194624/photo-824551
Berta NC Jan 3, 2018
Great trail @FoothillHikers, thank you!!
A Blanes Sep 18, 2018
Magnífica ruta y preciosas fotos.

¡¡Que suerte tenéis de disfrutar de esos parajes!!
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