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Duck Lake Bypass Trail–Emigrant Trail, 3 sights

12.2 mi · ▲ 1,508 ft · 4 hr 49 min

Duck Lake Bypass Trail–Emigrant Trail, 3 sights is a 12.2-mile out-and-back near Cape Horn, CA. It climbs 1,508 ft. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,185 – 7,927 ft12.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sandy Meadow Trailhead 38.51516, -119.92817
Nearest town Cape Horn, CA
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Duck Lake Bypass Trail–Emigrant Trail, 3 sights

12.2 mi · ▲ 1,508 ft · 4 hr 49 min

Elevation 7,184–7,926 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Sandy Meadow Trailhead · 38.51516, -119.92817

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Mosquito Lakes to Stanislaus Meadow, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Emigrant Trail, heading SW.
  5. 1.8 miBear left onto Cape Horn Trail, heading SW.
  6. 1.4 miSharp left onto Highland Creek Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left onto Duck Lake Bypass Trail, heading SE.
  8. 1.3 miReach Mosquito Lakes to Stanislaus Meadow, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.3 miTurn right onto Highland Creek Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miSharp right onto Cape Horn Trail, heading W.
  11. 1.4 miBear right onto Emigrant Trail, heading NE.
  12. 2.1 miTurn left onto Mosquito Lakes to Stanislaus Meadow, heading E.
  13. 0.9 miArrive 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/mosquito-lake-mosquito-lake-out-back-17-km-9b7b

Trail surface

30% dirt70% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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