---
source: strava
date: 2026-10-24 11:46:42
title: "East Side Trail, Sasquatch Box Springs, and Badfinger Loop"
activity_type: Hike
strava_id: 20718056879
tags:
  - strava
gpx: "/strava/2026/10/24/east-side-trail-sasquatch-box-springs-and-bad-20718056879.gpx"
elapsed_time: 9384
location: "California"
---

Hike · 7.99 km · 1h 51m · 248m elevation

We are spending the weekend in Monte Rio to get a reprieve from city noise. I needed to find a trail that our eight year old could manage, or more accurately, a trail where I could piggy-back him up half the climbs. We've already visited Armstrong Woods a few times so I looked on Alltrails and found this one.

![East Side Trail, Sasquatch Box Springs, and Badfinger Loop](/strava/2026/10/24/east-side-trail-sasquatch-box-springs-and-bad-247C1937-2AF9-4AAD-AEF7-1438A63877D8.jpg)

![East Side Trail, Sasquatch Box Springs, and Badfinger Loop](/strava/2026/10/24/east-side-trail-sasquatch-box-springs-and-bad-06C52632-206B-49FD-90C1-862AFBF4BE5A.jpg)

![East Side Trail, Sasquatch Box Springs, and Badfinger Loop](/strava/2026/10/24/east-side-trail-sasquatch-box-springs-and-bad-3E867AEF-1999-4FD3-BD5A-39D35AA8FCF1.jpg)

![East Side Trail, Sasquatch Box Springs, and Badfinger Loop](/strava/2026/10/24/east-side-trail-sasquatch-box-springs-and-bad-2050453E-8385-44A6-AC70-BCAF7523EA7A.jpg)

![East Side Trail, Sasquatch Box Springs, and Badfinger Loop](/strava/2026/10/24/east-side-trail-sasquatch-box-springs-and-bad-6F778D48-930F-4622-8E03-8E4695AEC4CF.jpg)

![East Side Trail, Sasquatch Box Springs, and Badfinger Loop](/strava/2026/10/24/east-side-trail-sasquatch-box-springs-and-bad-B3A9CB1D-2E51-405F-9EFF-B565590A15DD.jpg)

![East Side Trail, Sasquatch Box Springs, and Badfinger Loop](/strava/2026/10/24/east-side-trail-sasquatch-box-springs-and-bad-9E269B0D-9F53-4EE3-B4A5-81B22D3EC747.jpg)

![East Side Trail, Sasquatch Box Springs, and Badfinger Loop](/strava/2026/10/24/east-side-trail-sasquatch-box-springs-and-bad-06E54190-7F58-4997-BD73-6D9B05BEA3DA.jpg)

![East Side Trail, Sasquatch Box Springs, and Badfinger Loop](/strava/2026/10/24/east-side-trail-sasquatch-box-springs-and-bad-55056C7B-CE55-4DA8-8F3C-A115476B98AB.jpg)

![East Side Trail, Sasquatch Box Springs, and Badfinger Loop](/strava/2026/10/24/east-side-trail-sasquatch-box-springs-and-bad-DDCB1E63-C99C-4265-8E51-71DD9EE94FBA.jpg)