Granite Slab Trail & Lodgepole via Powerline is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Lake Alpine, CA. It climbs 457 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,084 – 7,566 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lodgepole 38.48383, -120.01917
Nearest town Lake Alpine, CA
Directions
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Granite Slab Trail & Lodgepole via Powerline
4.3 mi · ▲ 457 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 7,083–7,565 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Lodgepole · 38.48383, -120.01917
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 · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lodgepole, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Granite Slab Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 miReach Lodgepole, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Lodgepole, heading N.
- 0.9 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
100% dirt
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
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Lodgepole Trailhead
- Emigrant Trail & Osborne Ridge Trail Loop via Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 615 ft
- Lake Alpine–Bee Gulch Trail, 4 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 429 ft
- Poison Canyon & Reba Road 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,304 ft
- Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 537 ft
- Bear Valley to Lake Alpine Trail–Bee Gulch Trail Loop, 6 sights 10 mi · ▲ 1,674 ft
- Reba–Lodgepole, 5 sights 10.3 mi · ▲ 2,158 ft
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