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Fry Boulders–Lost Horse Trail, 4 sights is a 7.6-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route reaches Fry Boulders at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It climbs 271 ft. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi4,062 – 4,321 ft7.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02456, -116.18054
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Fry Boulders–Lost Horse Trail, 4 sights

7.6 mi · ▲ 271 ft · 2 hr 40 min

Elevation 4,062–4,322 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.02456, -116.18054

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading SE.
  5. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miReach Fry Boulders, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
  13. 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  15. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  16. 0.3 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

36% sand64% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:58 AMSunset 7:45 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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