Barker Pass–Barker Pass Road, 5 sights
15.9 mi · ▲ 3,506 ft · 7 hr 3 min
Barker Pass–Barker Pass Road, 5 sights is a 15.9-mile out-and-back in Granite Chief Wilderness near Homewood, CA. The route reaches Barker Pass. It climbs 3,506 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 97/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Barker Pass–Barker Pass Road, 5 sights
15.9 mi · ▲ 3,506 ft · 7 hr 3 min
Elevation 6,022–7,823 ft
Out & Back · Granite Chief Wilderness
Trailhead: Blackwood Creek Middle Fork Road · 39.07651, -120.23312
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 77°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Barker Pass.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Barker Pass Road, heading W.
- 1.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Powderhorn Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 3.6 miContinue straight onto Five Lakes Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bear Pen Trail, heading NE.
- 2.4 miReach Barker Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.4 miContinue straight onto Five Lakes Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Powderhorn Trail, heading SW.
- 3.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Barker Pass Road, heading S.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Blackwood Creek Middle Fork Road Trailhead
- Barker Pass & Barker Pass Spur via Pacific Crest Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 427 ft
- Barker Meadow & Barker Pass Road 3.6 mi · ▲ 141 ft
- Barker Meadow Loop via Pacific Crest Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 580 ft
- Barker Meadow Loop via Pacific Crest Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 735 ft
- Barker Meadow & Barker Pass Road Loop 5.3 mi · ▲ 567 ft
- Pacific Crest Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 677 ft
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