1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
2. 100 ftSharp right, heading SW.
3. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
4. 0.3 miBear right onto Thunder Mountain Trail, heading SW.
5. 0.4 miSharp right, heading N.
6. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
8. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
9. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
10. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
12. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
13. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
14. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
15. 500 ftBear right, heading W.
16. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto High Camp to Emigrant Ridge, heading SW.
18. 500 ftContinue straight onto Western States Trail, heading SW.
19. 0.5 miSharp left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading N.
20. 3.1 miSharp right onto Whiskey Creek Trail, heading SE.
21. 0.4 miTurn left onto Five Lakes Creek Trail, heading SE.
22. 1.2 miReach Thunder Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
23. 1.2 miTurn right onto Whiskey Creek Trail, heading NE.
24. 0.4 miSharp left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading N.
25. 3.1 miSharp right onto Western States Trail, heading NW.
26. 0.5 miContinue straight onto High Camp to Emigrant Ridge, heading NE.
27. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
28. 300 ftBear left, heading S.
29. 500 ftBear left, heading S.
30. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
31. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
32. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
33. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
34. 0.1 miBear right onto Thunder Mountain Trail, heading E.
35. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
36. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
37. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
38. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
39. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
40. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
41. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
42. 50 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/five-lakes-creek-trail-thunder-mountain-trail-out-back-5-sights-26-km