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Frishman Hollow Trail & Nature Trail Loop via East Perimeter Trail

15.3 mi · ▲ 1,740 ft · 5 hr 58 min

Frishman Hollow Trail & Nature Trail Loop via East Perimeter Trail is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Meadow Lake Park, CA. It climbs 1,740 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,919 – 6,578 ft · steepest grade: 22%16.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Nature Trail Loop 39.34353, -120.21675
Nearest town Meadow Lake Park, CA
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Frishman Hollow Trail & Nature Trail Loop via East Perimeter Trail

15.3 mi · ▲ 1,740 ft · 5 hr 58 min

Elevation 5,919–6,579 ft

Out & Back · Pineforest

Trailhead: Nature Trail Loop · 39.34353, -120.21675

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Nature Trail Loop, heading SW.
  2. 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  7. 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.4 miContinue straight onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
  12. 2.6 miBear left, heading S.
  13. 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
  14. 0.6 miTurn right onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pioneer Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pioneer Trail/DPR RAB, heading E.
  17. 450 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 350 ftTurn left onto Frishman Hollow Trail, heading NE.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miReach Nature Trail Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  29. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pioneer Trail/DPR RAB, heading NE.
  31. 450 ftContinue straight onto Pioneer Trail, heading SW.
  32. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading SE.
  33. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  34. 0.6 miSharp right, heading NE.
  35. 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SW.
  36. 4 miTurn right, heading W.
  37. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  38. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  39. 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
  40. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  41. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  42. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  43. 250 ftTurn left onto Nature Trail Loop, heading SE.
  44. 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/frishman-hollow-trail-nature-trail-loop-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

75% dirt17% paved4% gravel4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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