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Cape Horn Trail & Silver Valley to Lakeshore Connector via Highland Creek Trail

4 mi · ▲ 601 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Cape Horn Trail & Silver Valley to Lakeshore Connector via Highland Creek Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back near Lake Alpine, CA. It climbs 601 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,340 – 7,927 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Inspiration Point Trailhead 38.48024, -119.98958
Nearest town Lake Alpine, CA
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Cape Horn Trail & Silver Valley to Lakeshore Connector via Highland Creek Trail

4 mi · ▲ 601 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 7,341–7,926 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Inspiration Point Trailhead · 38.48024, -119.98958

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start on Lakeshore Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miSharp left onto Silver Valley to Lakeshore Connector, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Highland Creek Trail, heading E.
  4. 250 ftTurn left onto Cape Horn Trail, heading E.
  5. 1.4 miReach Silver Valley to Lakeshore Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.4 miTurn right onto Highland Creek Trail, heading SW.
  7. 250 ftTurn left onto Silver Valley to Lakeshore Connector, heading W.
  8. 0.5 miSharp right, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lakeshore Trail, heading SW.
  10. 100 ftArrive 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/cape-horn-trail-silver-valley-to-lakeshore-connector-out-back

Trail surface

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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