Lake Alpine–Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail, 5 sights is a 14.4-mile out-and-back near Bear Valley, CA. The route reaches Lake Alpine. It climbs 1,370 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,071 – 7,609 ft · steepest grade: 15%15.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 38.46280, -120.03914
Nearest town Bear Valley, CA
Directions
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Lake Alpine–Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail, 5 sights
14.4 mi · ▲ 1,370 ft · 5 hr 29 min
Elevation 7,070–7,610 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 38.46280, -120.03914
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail, heading SE.
- 2.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Osborne Ridge Trail Connector, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Lake Alpine to Silver tip Path, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn 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 NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Silver Valley to Lakeshore Connector, heading SE.
- 0.5 miPass Lake Alpine.
- 100 ftBear left onto Lakeshore Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.8 miReach Lake Alpine, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Silver Valley to Lakeshore Connector, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Three Creeks, heading NE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Bee Gulch Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Osborne Ridge Trail Connector, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Lake Alpine to Silver tip Path, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Osborne Ridge Trail Connector, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right onto Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 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
84% dirt16% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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