Lake Alpine & Silver Valley to Lakeshore Connector via Lakeshore Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back near Lake Alpine, CA. The route reaches Lake Alpine. It is mostly level, with 175 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Alpine & Silver Valley to Lakeshore Connector via Lakeshore Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 175 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 7,304–7,445 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 38.47593, -120.00744
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 80°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Lake Alpine.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Lakeshore Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Silver Valley to Lakeshore Connector, heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Lake Alpine, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Lakeshore Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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