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Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Lake Alpine, CA. It climbs 537 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,071 – 7,599 ft4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Silvertip Campground Road 38.48161, -120.01782
Nearest town Lake Alpine, CA

Directions

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Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 537 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 7,070–7,598 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Silvertip Campground Road · 38.48161, -120.01782

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Silvertip Campground Road, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail, heading W.
  3. 2.3 miReach Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 2.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.1 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

95% dirt5% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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