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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.

Elevation

0 mi7,304 – 7,445 ft3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.47593, -120.00744
Nearest town Lake Alpine, CA

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftPass Lake Alpine.
  5. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 100 ftTurn left onto Lakeshore Trail, heading E.
  7. 1.2 miBear right onto Silver Valley to Lakeshore Connector, heading S.
  8. 0.5 miReach Lake Alpine, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.5 miBear left onto Lakeshore Trail, heading SW.
  10. 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 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

63% paved35% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 80°F56°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV9Humidity30%
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:09 PM
Tue 81°60°
Wed 80°57°
Thu 84°57°
Fri 85°58°
Sat 85°58°
Sun 85°58°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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