El Dorado Trail: El Dorado Station to The Cut

This is a moderately-hilly ~7 mile total out and back featuring the trail's best dynamited railroad cut, a creek, cows and horses. All dirt trail. Rain does not cancel (and makes the Cut extra pretty).

To find our hike parking location:
From Pleasant Valley Road, turn down Oriental, stay left when you cross the tiny bridge, and take it to the very end of the pavement where it loops -- the far side of the loop, on the far side of the train station. There's a big dirt parking area there.

Group Rules Reminder:

• No dogs allowed. Unfortunately, although the dogs were blameless, their owners have repeatedly risked the safety of people, dogs and wildlife in and out of the group. Ignoring this rule will result in immediate removal from the group.
• If you can't make it, change your RSVP -- even if you don't know until 1 minute before the meetup start time, change your RSVP at that time so that we don't wait around for you.
• If there are people RSVPed who haven't arrived yet, we'll generally wait 5 minutes (sometimes longer depending on the circumstances).
• If there's a wait list for a meetup, people with a history of no shows will be removed to make room for those more likely to attend. When there's a wait list, please try to update your RSVP at least a day in advance if you can't make it.
• You hike at your own risk. We try to keep people from getting lost or injured, but you are ultimately responsible for yourself and knowing your limits.
• Any sort of bigotry (based on gender identity, race, religion, etc.) is unwelcome and would result in removal.