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Contact Mine Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Pinto Wye, CA. It climbs 675 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,927 – 3,616 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Contact Mine Trail 34.07247, -116.03264
Nearest town Pinto Wye, CA

Directions

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Contact Mine Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 675 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 2,925–3,616 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Contact Mine Trail · 34.07247, -116.03264

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Contact Mine Trail, heading SW.
  2. 1.9 miReach Contact Mine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 1.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:45 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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