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Beaver Boulder & Banana Cracks - West Face via Old Lost Horse Road Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Banana Cracks - West Face before reaching Beaver Boulder at the turnaround, 4.5 miles in. It climbs 269 ft. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,062 – 4,259 ft9.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Quail Springs Historic Trail 34.02586, -116.17526
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Beaver Boulder & Banana Cracks - West Face via Old Lost Horse Road Trail

9 mi · ▲ 269 ft · 3 hr 8 min

Elevation 4,062–4,257 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Quail Springs Historic Trail · 34.02586, -116.17526

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 98°F / low 74° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miPass Banana Cracks - West Face.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mindless Mound Approach, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading W.
  5. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  11. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  12. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 1.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  14. 250 ftReach Beaver Boulder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  16. 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 1.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  18. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  20. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  21. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  22. 250 ftTurn right onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading N.
  23. 500 ftBear right onto Mindless Mound Approach, heading N.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading N.
  25. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

6% dirt2% sand92% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 98°F74°
Feels like79°Precip1%Wind6 mphUV9Humidity14%
Hourly temperature
100°70°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Wed 95°68°
Thu 97°77°
Fri 99°81°
Sat 100°82°
Sun 95°79°
Mon 94°75°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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