Lake Alpine to Silver tip Path & Three Creeks via Highland Creek Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back near Lake Alpine, CA. It climbs 484 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,359 – 7,556 ft5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Silver Valley Trailhead 38.48083, -119.98592
Nearest town Lake Alpine, CA
Directions
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Lake Alpine to Silver tip Path & Three Creeks via Highland Creek Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 484 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 7,359–7,556 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Silver Valley Trailhead · 38.48083, -119.98592
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 79°F / low 57° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start on Highland Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Three Creeks, heading N.
- 0.8 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.
- 350 ftReach Three Creeks, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Osborne Ridge Trail Connector, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Bee Gulch Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Three Creeks, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Highland Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
93% dirt2% gravel5% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 79°F57°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV9Humidity26%
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
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Silver Valley Trailhead Trailhead
- Highland Creek Trail 2 mi · ▲ 430 ft
- Cape Horn Trail–Lower Woodchuck Trail, 3 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 589 ft
- Duck Lake Bypass Trail via Highland Creek Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 463 ft
- 207b–Bee Gulch Trail, 5 sights 11.5 mi · ▲ 2,382 ft
- Frog Lake–Bee Gulch Trail, 4 sights 15.4 mi · ▲ 3,320 ft
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