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Banana Cracks - West Face via Old Lost Horse Road Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route reaches Banana Cracks - West Face at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 161 ft of elevation gain. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,062 – 4,252 ft8.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 33.99086, -116.16444
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Banana Cracks - West Face via Old Lost Horse Road Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 161 ft · 2 hr 57 min

Elevation 4,062–4,252 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: connector · 33.99086, -116.16444

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 98°F / low 77° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 1.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 1.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miSharp right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  7. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 300 ftTurn right onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading N.
  10. 450 ftBear right onto Mindless Mound Approach, heading E.
  11. 50 ftReach Banana Cracks - West Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading SE.
  13. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  15. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  16. 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  19. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  21. 1.2 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

3% sand2% dirt95% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 98°F77°
Feels like80°Precip0%Wind8 mphUV9Humidity13%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue 97°75°
Wed 94°69°
Thu 97°76°
Fri 98°80°
Sat 99°81°
Sun 95°78°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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