1. Start on Emigrant Trail, heading SW.
2. 1.8 miBear left onto Cape Horn Trail, heading SW.
3. 1.4 miTurn right onto Highland Creek Trail, heading NW.
4. 250 ftTurn right onto Three Creeks, heading NW.
5. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Bee Gulch Trail, heading W.
6. 0.5 miBear left onto Osborne Ridge Trail Connector, heading NW.
7. 1.1 miTurn right onto Lake Alpine to Silver tip Path, heading W.
8. 50 ftTurn left onto Osborne Ridge Trail Connector, heading W.
9. 200 ftBear right onto Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail, heading W.
10. 500 ftBear right, heading NW.
11. 1.4 miReach Emigrant Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
12. 1.4 miTurn right, heading S.
13. 0.1 miBear left onto Osborne Ridge Trail Connector, heading SE.
14. 200 ftTurn right onto Lake Alpine to Silver tip Path, heading SE.
15. 50 ftTurn left onto Osborne Ridge Trail Connector, heading SE.
16. 1.1 miBear right onto Bee Gulch Trail, heading NE.
17. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Three Creeks, heading NE.
18. 0.8 miTurn left onto Highland Creek Trail, heading S.
19. 250 ftTurn left onto Cape Horn Trail, heading SE.
20. 1.4 miBear right onto Emigrant Trail, heading E.
21. 1.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bear-valley-to-lake-alpine-trail-cape-horn-trail-out-back-4-sights