Samuelson West Trail via Bigfoot Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 657 ft. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,786 – 4,160 ft4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.07788, -116.24086
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Samuelson West Trail via Bigfoot Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 657 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 3,785–4,159 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.07788, -116.24086
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Samuelson West Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Samuelson West Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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