Silver Creek Trail

Difficulty	Distance	Steps	Elevation Gain	USFS Trail #
Easy	1.3 Miles One-way	2,640 est.	1,080	1192

Steps are estimated from the hike distance and a difficulty-based stride length.

Formula: distance in miles × 5,280 feet ÷ stride length

Stride length is adjusted because tougher trails usually shorten each step:

Difficulty	Stride length
Unknown	2.2 ft
Accessible	2.3 ft
Easy	2.6 ft
Moderate	2.1 ft
Difficult	2.0 ft
More Difficult	1.9 ft
Strenuous	1.8 ft

The result is rounded to the nearest whole step and shown as an estimate.

Notes

Begin at the Crystal Mountain Resort base area, uphill from the chapel and hike under Gold Hills Chair 7. From the right side of Chair 7 the trail enters timber to Jim Town, an old mining camp at mile 1.7. This is also the junction with Crystal Mountain Trail 1163. The trail then climbs to Bear Gap and Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail 2000 and Henskin Lake Trail 1193 at mile 2.1.