South Side

Difficulty	Distance	Steps	Elevation Gain	USFS Trail #
More Difficult	3.6 Miles One-way	10,004 est.		308

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

Trail travels up the east side of Bonaparte Mountain for 2 miles where it intersects the Fourth of July Ridge Trail #307. Three miles beyond the Forth of July Ridge Trail junction the Southside Trail connects with the Bonaparte Mountain Trail #306 to Bonaparte Lookout.