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Chongo Boulder–Peyote Cracks - East, 5 cliffs is an 11.2-mile out-and-back near Pinto Wye, CA. The route passes Chongo Boulder and Peyote Cracks - West before reaching Peyote Cracks - East at the turnaround, 5.6 miles in. It climbs 378 ft. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,062 – 4,285 ft11.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lost Horse Trail 33.98893, -116.15390
Nearest town Pinto Wye, CA

Directions

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Chongo Boulder–Peyote Cracks - East, 5 cliffs

11.2 mi · ▲ 378 ft · 3 hr 55 min

Elevation 4,062–4,286 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Lost Horse Trail · 33.98893, -116.15390

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lost Horse Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
  3. 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  7. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading NE.
  13. 0.8 miPass Chongo Boulder.
  14. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  15. 500 ftBear right, heading SE.
  16. 0.3 miPass Peyote Cracks - West.
  17. 50 ftPass Peyote Cracks - East.
  18. 150 ftReach Chongo Boulder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  20. 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  21. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  23. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  24. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  25. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  26. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  27. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  28. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  29. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading SE.
  30. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading SE.
  31. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

24% sand24% dirt52% 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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