Red Lake & Lower Charity Road via Pacific Crest Trail
14.8 mi · ▲ 2,850 ft · 6 hr 22 min
Red Lake & Lower Charity Road via Pacific Crest Trail is a 14.8-mile out-and-back in Mokelumne Wilderness near Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA. The route reaches Red Lake at the turnaround, 7.4 miles in. It climbs 2,850 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Red Lake & Lower Charity Road via Pacific Crest Trail
14.8 mi · ▲ 2,850 ft · 6 hr 22 min
Elevation 7,516–8,789 ft
Out & Back · Mokelumne Wilderness
Trailhead: Lower Charity Road · 38.67445, -119.91914
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 79°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lower Charity Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Forestdale Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 3.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miReach Red Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Forestdale Creek Trail, heading E.
- 3.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Lower Charity Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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