Summary 
| Difficulty | 2 Beginner-intermediate |
| Length | 4.8 miles round trip |
| Starting Elevation |
6700 feet |
| Cumulative Elevation Change |
+600, -600 feet round trip |
| Navigation | Road |
| Time | Half day |
| Season | December through mid-April |
| Snowmobiles Use | Low |
| USGS Topo | 7.5' series, Calaveras Dome, Tamarack |
| Start | Junction of Cabbage Patch Road and Highway 4, 0.2 miles west of the Cabbage Patch Highway Maintenance Station. The parking area is very small. |
Description
This pleasant tour on Cabbage Patch and Mattley roads climbs gradually but continuously up to its highest point. When conditions are good, advancing beginners will find the return descent exciting.
This is also the beginning of two more interesting tours: the Mattley Ridge tour and the Mattley Ridge and Horse Gulch tour. Both take you up onto the ridge to the north. An even grander tour is the Ridge Loop tour that ends with a descent of the tour described here.
Mileage Log
Numbers in parentheses
correspond to mileage points on map
Waypoint 1 to 2
Miles: 0.0 - 0.5
Elevation change: +100 feet
From the trailhead (1) ski north (right) on the snow-covered road for 0.5 mile until you reach a road junction (2). The road to the west (left) leads to Blue Creek Point. This tour continues northeast (straight).
Waypoint 2 to 3
Miles: 0.5 - 0.9
Elevation change: +50 feet
Continue northeast (straight) on the road for 0.4 mile until you reach a road junction (3). The road to the northeast (straight) leads to Thompson Meadow. This tour continues to the northwest (left) on Cabbage Patch Road.
Waypoint 3 to 4
Miles: 0.9 - 1.1
Elevation change: +50 feet
Turn northwest (left) to stay on Cabbage Patch Road and continue for 0.2 mile until you reach a "Y" in the road (4).
Waypoint 4 to 5
Miles: 1.1 - 1.5
Elevation change: +100 feet
Continue on the north (right) fork for 0.4 mile until you reach a road junction (5) where the road crests. Cabbage Patch Road continues north (straight). This tour continues by turning east (right) onto Mattley Road.
Waypoint 5 to 6
Miles: 1.5 - 2.4
Elevation change: +300 feet
Turn east (right) onto Mattley Road and follow it for 0.9 mile until you reach the highest point on the road (6).
Return to trailhead
Miles: 2.4 - 4.8
Elevation change: -600 feet
Retrace the route for 2.4 miles back to the trailhead (1).
