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California Riding and Hiking Trail is a 15.9-mile out-and-back near Pinto Wye, CA. It climbs 735 ft. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,315 – 4,547 ft16.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 34? 33.98292, -116.15571
Nearest town Pinto Wye, CA

Directions

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California Riding and Hiking Trail

15.9 mi · ▲ 735 ft · 5 hr 40 min

Elevation 4,314–4,547 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 right onto Ryan Mountain Campground Road, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto equstrian trailer parking?, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Ryan Mountain Campground Road, heading SE.
  5. 400 ftBear left, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto California Riding and Hiking Trail, heading SE.
  7. 1.9 miBear right, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  9. 3.5 miTurn left onto Geology Tour Road, heading NE.
  10. 2.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 2.3 miTurn right onto California Riding and Hiking Trail, heading S.
  12. 3.5 miBear right, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  14. 1.9 miBear right onto Ryan Mountain Campground Road, heading W.
  15. 400 ftTurn right onto equstrian trailer parking?, heading W.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ryan Mountain Campground Road, heading W.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  18. 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 surface

29% sand1% dirt70% 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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