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
Directions
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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 Aug 4: Clear, high 79°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
- Start on Lakeshore Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Silver Valley to Lakeshore Connector, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Highland Creek Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Cape Horn Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miReach Silver Valley to Lakeshore Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Highland Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Silver Valley to Lakeshore Connector, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lakeshore Trail, heading SW.
- 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 surface
92% dirt8% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 79°F56°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV9Humidity25%
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 6:05 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:08 PM
Tue
81°60°
Wed
81°57°
Thu
85°57°
Fri
85°58°
Sat
85°59°
Sun
84°57°
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