Information and History of the Rubicon Trail.. I have seen many great pictures posted in places and I decided to compile a collection of them all. I will try to give credit where credit is due but if you see a picture without due credit please let me know so I can add it! If you have some information or historical pictures to add please send them to me at . This is definately not a finished product, check back for updates as I find more information! I will create this document as if you were going along the trail with information at each location from past to present, enjoy!

Loon Lake

1957
This picture was posted at Pirate4x4.com by Rockcrusher
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Wentworth Springs

This is the original trailhead of the Rubicon Trail. Click HERE for a great history of this area.

1980 circa
Thanks to Ron "The Tech" for this picture.. This building has long since fell down.
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Gate Keeper

This is a hint of the trail to come, if you have trouble here you might want to turn around and head home...

2004
This is actually just past the actual gatekeeper or before it if you are coming back out of the trail
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Walker Hill

1997
The area just past this picture and just before has changed quite a bit over the years..
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Soup Bowl/Soup Kitchen

Both of these are fairly new as far as the history of the trail goes.

1980 circa	1997	2004
You can't really make it out here, since it didn't exist..	Pre-Kitchen..	This is one of my favorite spots - sometimes you walk right up and others it "no soup for you"
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Little Sluice

One of the most talked about spots in four wheeling without a doubt is the Little Sluice on the Rubicon Trail.

1968	1980 circa	1998
I saw this picture on the wall at the air compressor store in sacramento and asked the guy if I could have a copy. He threw it in the copy machine and that's what I got - sorry for the quality..	Notice the signs on the old tree You just don't see too many stock full size trucks going through there anymore.. Notice the vegetation and dirt.. This is sometime around the 30th Jeepers Jamboree	I took this sometime in the late 90's
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Toyota Rock

This is the escape to the little sluice, or a bypass.

1997

This is just to the right of the sluice - the "escape"

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Spider Lake

This is adjacent to the little sluice - great lake for a canoe, or to dive off the rocks from..

2003

There is a plaque on the rock pretty close to where this picture was taken to check out.. I got this picture from Mark aka Rubicrawler, amazing photo at spider at dusk

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Old Sluice aka Middle Sluice

This is a great place to camp, there is some old historical mining equipment across from the dam. Although I haven't actually been in it there is supposed to be a tunnel leading all the way back to Loon Lake back there as well..

2000	2004
This is "the rock"	This is one of the sections that you can bypass
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Buck Island

This is a great place to camp, there is some old historical mining equipment across from the dam. Although I haven't actually been in it there is supposed to be a tunnel leading all the way back to Loon Lake back there as well..

2004

I'm looking for a better picture but this was take from the trail near the lake..

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Big Sluice

This leads into Rubicon Springs.

2004

Traffic is common on busy weekends here, this was the weekend of the Rubithon I believe..

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Rubicon Springs

1920's	2004
A travel brochure from the 1920's posted up at Pirate4x4.com by Rockcrusher	I have an picture of the old bridge I need to add..
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Cadillac Hill

1980 circa
This phots courtesey of rokzuki.com. This is called "V Rock" and is on cadillac hill   top

The Car Wash

1980 circa
I don't even know where this is.. My dad took this picture around the 30th Jeepers Jamboree, I guess for environmental reasons this is no longer part of the trail. "The "Car Wash" is on the Tahoe side and had a wood bridge built over it in 1984ish" - Doug Barr, posted on the pirate4x4.com web site   top

Observation Point aka The Lookout

2004
This is more less the end of the trail - located at the top of cadillac hill.   top

Unknown spots - if you know where these are please let me know!

	My guess would be near Buck?
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Rubicon coordinates from various places. Attached to this post is a file containing all these waypoints. (See bottom of post for more information).

Point Name     Latitude    Longitude    Alt  Description
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BARKER PASS   N39 02.0012 W120 13.9931     0 Barker Pass Pacific Crest Trail
BIG SLUICE 1  N39 00.2800 W120 14.7880     0 Big Sluice Box 1
BIG SLUICE 2  N39 00.3760 W120 14.6570     0 Big Sluice Box 2
BUCKISL DAME  N39 00.3210 W120 15.2910     0 Buck Island Eastern Dam
BUCKISL DAMW  N39 00.2996 W120 15.3771     0 Buck Island Western Dam
BUCKISL LAKE  N39 00.1022 W120 15.1189     0 Buck Island Lake
BUGLE LAKE    N39 01.3440 W120 19.4940     0 Bugle Lake
CADILLACHILL  N39 01.8500 W120 15.0630     0 Cadillac Hill
DEVILS PEAK   N39 01.7234 W120 17.4871     0 Devils Peak
DOLLAR HOLE   N39 01.9440 W120 14.4830     0 Dollar Hole
ELLIS CREEK   N39 01.3738 W120 18.4094     0 Ellis Creek
FAWN LAKE     N39 00.5239 W120 15.0411     0 Fawn Lake
FERN LAKE     N39 02.0281 W120 15.5485     0 Fern Lake
GERLE MEADOW  N39 00.7780 W120 23.0270     0 Gerle Meadow
GRANITE BOWL  N39 00.4530 W120 18.4550     0 Granite Bowl
HIGHWAY 89    N39 04.2261 W120 08.4167     0 Highway 89
ICEHOUSESTOR  N38 48.8110 W120 22.4600     0 Ice House Store
JERRETT PEAK  N39 01.8732 W120 19.8853     0 Jerrett Peak
LAWYER COW C  N39 01.0157 W120 23.0670     0 Laywer Cow Camp
LILY LAKE     N39 02.2882 W120 11.4206     0 Lily Lake
LIT SLUICE    N39 01.2100 W120 16.4600     0 Little Sluice
LITSLUCE BYP  N39 01.2290 W120 16.4770     0 Little Sluice Bypass
LOON LAKE     N39 00.1658 W120 18.6136     0 Loon Lake Dam
LOON STAGE    N39 00.2015 W120 18.6949     0 Loon Lake Staging Area
LOONLAKECAMP  N38 58.8770 W120 19.3440     0 Loon Lake Campground
MCKINNEYLAKE  N39 02.4488 W120 10.6332     0 McKinney Lake
MILLER LAKE   N39 02.1188 W120 12.0008     0 Miller Lake
MILLER MEADO  N39 02.1037 W120 13.0793     0 Miller Meadows
MUD LAKE                               N39 01.1620 W120 16.2872     0 Mud Lake
MUD LAKES     N39 01.1843 W120 17.0207     0 Mud Lakes
NECK MEADOW   N39 00.8440 W120 21.5270     0 Neck Meadow
OBSERVATN PT  N39 02.1012 W120 15.2387     0 Observation Point
OLD SLUICE    N39 00.5050 W120 15.8750     0 Old Sluice
POST PILE     N39 00.9472 W120 18.8146     0 Post Pile
RED MOUNTAIN  N39 00.4023 W120 21.4256     0 Red Mountain
RICHRDSN LAK  N39 01.3757 W120 12.7301     0 Richardson Lake
RUBCN BRIDGE  N39 00.7530 W120 14.6960     0 Rubicon River Bridge
RUBCN SPRNGS  N39 01.0778 W120 14.7596     0 Rubicon Springs
SIDS GRAVE    N39 01.8365 W120 15.1679     0 Sid's Grave
SOURDGH HILL  N39 01.5385 W120 13.1923     0 Sourdough Hill
SPIDER LAKE   N39 00.8110 W120 16.4940     0 Spider Lake
TAHOMA STAGE  N39 02.7720 W120 10.0510     0 Tahoma Staging Area
TAHOMA SUBDV  N39 03.4844 W120 09.0532     0 Subdivision
UNCLE TOMS    N38 55.7406 W120 29.2615     0 Uncle Tom's Cabin
WALKERS ROCK  N39 01.3450 W120 17.4340     0 Walker's Rock
WENTWRTHCAMP  N39 00.7276 W120 19.5067     0 Wentworth Springs Campground
WENTWRTHSPGS  N39 00.7690 W120 20.3720     0 Wentworth Springs

The attached waypoint file is in .g7t file format. You will want to download G7ToWin from http://www.gpsinformation.org/ronh to transfer these to your GPS. G7ToWin can also convert into a number of different formats.