Wooley Creek Watershed Loop

Points Along The Trail

Distance: 0.0
Elevation: 650'
Wooley Creek Trailhead

Distance: 0.6
Elevation: 1140'
Golden Elbow. The entrance to Wooley Creek watershed.

Distance: 2.8
Elevation: 920'
Deer Lick Creek. Stream crossing. Campsite at old cabin remains near Wooley Creek.

Distance: 4.8
Elevation: 1390'
Gates Creek

Distance: 6.3
Elevation: 1230'
Wooley Camp Creek. Private land in area.

Distance: 7.0
Elevation: 1260'
Haypress Creek. Private land in area.

Distance: 9.0
Elevation: 1360'
Bridge Creek. Campsite below trail. Fowler Cabin is 0.3 miles from here. The trail up Bridge Creek reaches Cedar Flat (good camp and approach to Medicine Mtn.) in 7.1 miles and Haypress Trail Junction above Onemile Lake in 10.4 Miles. See (1) Kelsey Trail--Marble Mountains segment.

Distance: 10.1
Elevation: 1520'
Canyon Creek

Distance: 11.3
Elevation: 1700'
Rock falls below trail crossing

Distance: 12.3
Elevation: 1680'
Dead Horse Creek

Distance: 13.1
Elevation: 1780'
Bear Skull Camp

Distance: 14.7
Elevation: 1910'
North Fork Wooley Creek. Challenging stream crossing

Distance: 17.6
Elevation: 2280'
Ford Wooley Creek

Distance: 17.7
Elevation: 2300'
Lower Big Meadows Junction. Campsite below trail junction. Here the route turns away from the Wooley Creek Gorge, it climbs 4000' in 5.7 miles to ridgetop vistas and views of far horizons

Distance: 22.6
Elevation: 5770'
Wild Lake Junction. Wild Lake is 0.3 miles at 5890'

Distance: 23.4
Elevation: 6390'
Upper Big Meadows Junction

Distance: 24.8
Elevation: 5500'
Hell Hole Ridge Junction

Distance: 25.2
Elevation: 5350'
Horse Range Lake Junction

Distance: 26.0
Elevation: 4850'
Abbott's Upper Cabin/North Fork Junction

Distance: 27.7
Elevation: 5870'
English Lake Junction

Distance: 28.9
Elevation: 6810'
Hancock Lake Junction

Distance: 29.6
Elevation: 7220'
Crapo Peak saddle/English Peak Junction. 0.4 mile to English Peak (7316)

Distance: 30.2
Elevation: 5500'
Tom Taylor Cabin

Distance: 30.5
Elevation: 6420'
Snowslide Trail Junction

Distance: 32.6
Elevation: 6040'
Hamilton Camp--Little North Fork Junction

Distance: 32.9
Elevation: 6230'
Steinacker Ridge/Clear Lake Junction

Distance: 34.2
Elevation: 6490'
Crapo/Garden Gulch Junction. Crapo Meadows

Distance: 35.0
Elevation: 6450'
Portuguese Peak Junction

Distance: 38.9
Elevation: 4680'
Saddle West of Portuguese Peak

Distance: 40.0
Elevation: 5020'
Tom Payne Peak

Distance: 42.2
Elevation: 3180'
Portuguese Trailhead

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