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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right onto Mindless Mound Approach, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Banana Cracks - West Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 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.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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