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North Lykken Trail via Skyline Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Palm Springs, CA. It climbs 1,341 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi469 – 1,358 ft · steepest grade: 34%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.83007, -116.55176
Nearest town Palm Springs, CA

Directions

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North Lykken Trail via Skyline Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 1,341 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 470–1,357 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 33.83007, -116.55176

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:23 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Transit-accessible: Indian Cyn at Tamarisk stop 713 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto North Lykken Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miReach North Lykken Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading SW.
  10. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  15. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
  16. 250 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

62% dirt38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:23 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Indian Cyn at Tamarisk stop 713 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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