Big Mo–Touch and Go Face, 6 sights is a 12.5-mile out-and-back near Pinto Wye, CA. The route passes Big Mo and Echo Cove before reaching Touch and Go Face at the turnaround, 6.3 miles in. It climbs 584 ft. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,062 – 4,426 ft13.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.99128, -116.15119
Nearest town Pinto Wye, CA
Directions
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Big Mo–Touch and Go Face, 6 sights
12.5 mi · ▲ 584 ft · 4 hr 28 min
Elevation 4,062–4,427 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.99128, -116.15119
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 96°F / low 74° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Echo Cove.
- 50 ftPass Touch and Go Face.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Big Mo, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
22% sand19% dirt59% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 96°F74°
Feels like79°Precip1%Wind7 mphUV9Humidity13%
Hourly temperature
100°70°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Wed
94°69°
Thu
97°76°
Fri
98°80°
Sat
99°81°
Sun
95°78°
Mon
93°75°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.8 mi in (~120 min). Leave by 5:24 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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