Creosote Trail & Johnny Lang Canyon via Bigfoot Trail is a 14.2-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 1,425 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,737 – 4,794 ft · steepest grade: 29%14.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Creosote Trail 34.07294, -116.23752
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Creosote Trail & Johnny Lang Canyon via Bigfoot Trail
14.2 mi · ▲ 1,425 ft · 5 hr 27 min
Elevation 3,737–4,795 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Creosote Trail · 34.07294, -116.23752
Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 83°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Creosote Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Quail Wash, heading NE.
- 1.8 miSharp right onto Quails Springs Historic, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Johnny Lang Canyon, heading W.
- 2.6 miReach Creosote Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.6 miTurn right onto Quails Springs Historic, heading N.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Quail Wash, heading SE.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Creosote Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
24% gravel76% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 83°F63°
Feels like79°Precip0%Wind11 mphUV7Humidity21%
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:46 PM
Mon
80°63°
Tue
80°55°
Wed
84°65°
Thu
85°67°
Fri
85°66°
Sat
86°67°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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