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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Silvertip Campground Road, 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.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Lower Woodchuck Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miReach Lake Alpine to Silver tip Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Three Creeks, heading W.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Bee Gulch Trail, heading SW.
- 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 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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