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Hunk Rock - East Face–Banana Cracks - West Face, 4 cliffs is a 6.7-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Banana Cracks - West Face and Chongo Boulder before reaching Hunk Rock - East Face at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 253 ft. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,085 – 4,324 ft7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Quail Springs Historic Trail 34.02586, -116.17526
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Hunk Rock - East Face–Banana Cracks - West Face, 4 cliffs

6.7 mi · ▲ 253 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Elevation 4,085–4,324 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Quail Springs Historic Trail · 34.02586, -116.17526

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 98°F / low 74° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miPass Banana Cracks - West Face.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mindless Mound Approach, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading W.
  6. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
  12. 0.8 miPass Chongo Boulder.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  16. 350 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Barker Dam Nature, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Approach to Hunk Rock, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miReach Hunk Rock - East Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left onto Barker Dam Nature, heading NE.
  21. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SE.
  22. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  23. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  24. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
  25. 50 ftTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading W.
  26. 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
  27. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  30. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  31. 0.6 miTurn left onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading NW.
  32. 450 ftBear right onto Mindless Mound Approach, heading NW.
  33. 50 ftContinue straight onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading NW.
  34. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

57% dirt43% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 98°F74°
Feels like79°Precip1%Wind6 mphUV9Humidity14%
Hourly temperature
100°70°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Wed 95°68°
Thu 97°77°
Fri 99°81°
Sat 100°82°
Sun 95°79°
Mon 94°75°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~85 min). Leave by 6:00 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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