Cap Rock–Lost Horse Trail, 4 sights is a 10.6-mile out-and-back near Pinto Wye, CA. The route reaches Cap Rock at the turnaround, 5.3 miles in. It climbs 327 ft. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,134 – 4,331 ft11.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ryan Mountain Campground Road 33.98184, -116.15448
Nearest town Pinto Wye, CA
Directions
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Cap Rock–Lost Horse Trail, 4 sights
10.6 mi · ▲ 327 ft · 3 hr 42 min
Elevation 4,133–4,331 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Ryan Mountain Campground Road · 33.98184, -116.15448
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Ryan Mountain Campground Road, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto 18, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Ryan Mountain Campground Road, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto To Headstone Rock, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftReach Cap Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 2.7 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right onto To Headstone Rock, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Ryan Mountain Campground Road, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto 18, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Ryan Mountain Campground Road, heading SW.
- 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
18% sand2% dirt80% 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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