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Big Mo–Touch and Go Face, 6 sights

11.5 mi · ▲ 432 ft · 4 hr 3 min

Big Mo–Touch and Go Face, 6 sights is an 11.5-mile out-and-back near Pinto Wye, CA. The route passes Big Mo and Echo Cove before reaching Touch and Go Face at the turnaround, 5.7 miles in. It climbs 432 ft. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,062 – 4,324 ft12.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 34? 33.98292, -116.15571
Nearest town Pinto Wye, CA
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Big Mo–Touch and Go Face, 6 sights

11.5 mi · ▲ 432 ft · 4 hr 3 min

Elevation 4,062–4,325 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34? · 33.98292, -116.15571

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Equistrian/Cycle Camping Only, heading NE.
  2. 200 ftTurn left onto Ryan Mountain Campground Road, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 250 ftTurn right onto To Headstone Rock, heading N.
  5. 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  8. 200 ftTurn left onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
  11. 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  13. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  14. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  15. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  16. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  17. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading N.
  21. 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
  22. 50 ftPass Echo Cove.
  23. 50 ftPass Touch and Go Face.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  25. 50 ftReach Big Mo, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  27. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  28. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  30. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  31. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  32. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  33. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  34. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  35. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  36. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading SE.
  37. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading SE.
  38. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading SE.
  39. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  40. 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
  41. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  42. 300 ftTurn right onto To Headstone Rock, heading SE.
  43. 450 ftTurn left onto Ryan Mountain Campground Road, heading SE.
  44. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  45. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  46. 50 ftArrive 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/big-mo-touch-and-go-face-out-back-6-sights-18-km

Trail surface

24% sand21% dirt55% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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