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Emigrant Trail via Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back near Bear Valley, CA. It climbs 442 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,071 – 7,536 ft3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.46280, -120.03914
Nearest town Bear Valley, CA

Directions

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Emigrant Trail via Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail

3.2 mi · ▲ 442 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 7,070–7,537 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 38.46280, -120.03914

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

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.7 miTurn right onto Emigrant Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.8 miReach Emigrant Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.8 miTurn left onto Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.1 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Horses allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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