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Burnside Lake Trail–Burnside Spur A, 4 sights

15.7 mi · ▲ 2,700 ft · 6 hr 35 min

Burnside Lake Trail–Burnside Spur A, 4 sights is a 15.7-mile out-and-back near Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA. It climbs 2,700 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi7,169 – 8,675 ft · steepest grade: 35%15.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.66769, -119.91818
Nearest town Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA
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Burnside Lake Trail–Burnside Spur A, 4 sights

15.7 mi · ▲ 2,700 ft · 6 hr 35 min

Elevation 7,170–8,674 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 38.66769, -119.91818

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  3. 3.6 miSharp left onto Burnside Lake Road, heading NE.
  4. 1.9 miSharp left, heading N.
  5. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Hawkins Spur D, heading S.
  6. 0.8 miBear left onto Burnside Spur A, heading SW.
  7. 0.5 miReach Charity Valley Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miBear right onto Hawkins Spur D, heading NE.
  9. 1.6 miSharp right onto Burnside Lake Road, heading NE.
  10. 1.9 miSharp right onto Charity Valley Trail, heading NE.
  11. 3.6 miSharp left onto Connector Road Spur B, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miArrive 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/burnside-lake-burnside-lake-out-back-21-km-954c

Trail surface

48% dirt52% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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