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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.

Elevation

0 mi4,062 – 4,242 ft10.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Lost Horse Road Trail 33.99780, -116.16410
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 100 ftContinue straight onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
  3. 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  5. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  7. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading NE.
  13. 0.8 miPass Chongo Boulder.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  17. 300 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SE.
  18. 500 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading S.
  21. 200 ftContinue straight onto Mounds Approach, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NE.
  23. 0.1 miBear right onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading NE.
  24. 150 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Poker Face, heading NE.
  25. 150 ftBear right onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading NE.
  26. 250 ftReach Little Hunk - Northeast Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  27. 250 ftBear left onto Approach to Poker Face, heading N.
  28. 100 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading N.
  29. 150 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading N.
  30. 0.1 miBear right onto Mounds Approach, heading N.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading N.
  32. 250 ftTurn right onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NE.
  33. 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NE.
  34. 500 ftBear right, heading SE.
  35. 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
  36. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  37. 50 ftTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading SW.
  38. 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
  39. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  40. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  41. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  42. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  43. 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  44. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  45. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  46. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  47. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading S.
  48. 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

30% dirt25% sand45% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 98°F77°
Feels like80°Precip0%Wind8 mphUV9Humidity13%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue 97°75°
Wed 94°70°
Thu 97°76°
Fri 98°80°
Sat 100°81°
Sun 95°79°

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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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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