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Lake Alpine to Silver tip Path–Lower Woodchuck Trail, 3 sights is a 7.7-mile out-and-back near Lake Alpine, CA. It climbs 935 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,359 – 7,799 ft7.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Silvertip Campground Road 38.48108, -120.01762
Nearest town Lake Alpine, CA

Directions

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Lake Alpine to Silver tip Path–Lower Woodchuck Trail, 3 sights

7.7 mi · ▲ 935 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Elevation 7,359–7,799 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Silvertip Campground Road · 38.48108, -120.01762

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 79°F / low 55° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Silvertip Campground Road, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Osborne Ridge Trail Connector, heading E.
  4. 1.1 miBear right onto Bee Gulch Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Three Creeks, heading E.
  6. 0.7 miBear left onto Lower Woodchuck Trail, heading SE.
  7. 1.4 miReach Lake Alpine to Silver tip Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.4 miBear right onto Three Creeks, heading W.
  9. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Bee Gulch Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.5 miBear left onto Osborne Ridge Trail Connector, heading NW.
  11. 1.1 miTurn right onto Lake Alpine to Silver tip Path, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 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

96% dirt2% paved2% gravel

Weather

ClearTemperature 79°F55°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV9Humidity25%
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue 80°58°
Wed 80°57°
Thu 84°56°
Fri 84°58°
Sat 84°58°
Sun 84°57°

Good to know

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

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