Little Hunk - Northeast Face & Chongo Boulder via Old Lost Horse Road Trail is a 9.9-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Chongo Boulder before reaching Little Hunk - Northeast Face at the turnaround, 5 miles in. It climbs 332 ft. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Little Hunk - Northeast Face & Chongo Boulder via Old Lost Horse Road Trail
9.9 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Elevation 4,062–4,242 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Old Lost Horse Road Trail · 33.99780, -116.16410
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 98°F / low 77° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miPass Chongo Boulder.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Mounds Approach, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Poker Face, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading NE.
- 250 ftReach Little Hunk - Northeast Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear left onto Approach to Poker Face, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Mounds Approach, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~69 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:12 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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