Lake Alpine–Bee Gulch Trail, 4 sights is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Lake Alpine, CA. The route reaches Lake Alpine at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 429 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,323 – 7,559 ft3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Silvertip Campground Road 38.48161, -120.01782
Nearest town Lake Alpine, CA
Directions
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Lake Alpine–Bee Gulch Trail, 4 sights
3.7 mi · ▲ 429 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Elevation 7,324–7,558 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Silvertip Campground Road · 38.48161, -120.01782
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Silvertip Campground Road, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Osborne Ridge Trail Connector, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Bee Gulch Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Three Creeks, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bee Gulch Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftReach Lake Alpine, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Three Creeks, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bee Gulch Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Osborne Ridge Trail Connector, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Lake Alpine to Silver tip Path, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Silvertip Campground Road, heading N.
- 150 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
91% dirt6% paved3% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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