Half Moon Lake–Disaster Creek Trail, 3 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 563 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Half Moon Lake–Disaster Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back near Peaceful Pines, CA. The route reaches Half Moon Lake at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 563 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi8,396 – 8,580 ft5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wolf Creek Trail 38.49637, -119.79641
Nearest town Peaceful Pines, CA
Directions
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Half Moon Lake–Disaster Creek Trail, 3 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 563 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 8,397–8,578 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Wolf Creek Trail · 38.49637, -119.79641
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wolf Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Disaster Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto Halfmoon Lake Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Half Moon Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Disaster Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Wolf Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 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
77% dirt23% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Disaster Creek Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 451 ft
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- Disaster Creek Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 276 ft
- Wolf Creek Pass & Wolf Creek Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 330 ft
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