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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SE.
- 2.1 miTurn left onto Quail Wash, heading E.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Quails Springs Historic, heading SE.
- 1 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Trashcan Rock - West Face.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right onto Mindless Mound Approach, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Banana Cracks - West Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Quails Springs Historic, heading N.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Quail Wash, heading W.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Bigfoot Trail, heading W.
- 2.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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