Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Bear Valley, CA. It is mostly level, with 170 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,071 – 7,258 ft3.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 38.46280, -120.03914
Nearest town Bear Valley, CA
Directions
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Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 7,070–7,258 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 38.46280, -120.03914
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Granite Slab Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miReach Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Lake Alpine–Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail, 5 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 1,370 ft
- Granite Slab Trail–Powerline, 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 801 ft
- Inspiration Point–Lake Alpine, 6 sights 12.5 mi · ▲ 1,780 ft
- Reba–Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail, 5 sights 11.8 mi · ▲ 1,997 ft
- Emigrant Trail via Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 442 ft
- 207b–Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail, 7 sights 11.2 mi · ▲ 1,892 ft
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