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Banana Cracks - West Face–Trashcan Rock - West Face, 3 cliffs is a 15.9-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Trashcan Rock - West Face before reaching Banana Cracks - West Face at the turnaround, 8 miles in. It climbs 1,218 ft. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,737 – 4,160 ft16.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.07788, -116.24086
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Banana Cracks - West Face–Trashcan Rock - West Face, 3 cliffs

15.9 mi · ▲ 1,218 ft · 5 hr 55 min

Elevation 3,737–4,159 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.07788, -116.24086

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 99°F / low 80° · precip 0% · wind 15 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miSharp left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SE.
  3. 2.1 miTurn left onto Quail Wash, heading E.
  4. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Quails Springs Historic, heading SE.
  5. 1 miBear right, heading E.
  6. 50 ftPass Trashcan Rock - West Face.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading SW.
  10. 1.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  12. 250 ftTurn right onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading N.
  13. 450 ftBear right onto Mindless Mound Approach, heading N.
  14. 50 ftReach Banana Cracks - West Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading N.
  17. 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
  18. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  19. 0.6 miTurn right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading S.
  20. 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  22. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  23. 150 ftBear left onto Quails Springs Historic, heading N.
  24. 1 miContinue straight onto Quail Wash, heading W.
  25. 1.8 miTurn right onto Bigfoot Trail, heading W.
  26. 2.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  27. 0.4 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% gravel17% sand1% dirt60% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 99°F80°
Feels like83°Precip0%Wind15 mphUV9Humidity15%
Hourly temperature
100°80°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue 99°78°
Wed 96°74°
Thu 98°75°
Fri 99°78°
Sat 99°78°
Sun 95°76°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:19 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM — 7 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

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