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Old Lost Horse Road Trail is a 10.9-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 324 ft. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,062 – 4,255 ft11.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Keys Ranch Road 34.03362, -116.16705
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Old Lost Horse Road Trail

10.9 mi · ▲ 324 ft · 3 hr 48 min

Elevation 4,062–4,257 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Keys Ranch Road · 34.03362, -116.16705

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:44 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  7. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  9. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  13. 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  14. 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 1.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  21. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  22. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  23. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  24. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  28. 0.4 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

9% dirt2% sand89% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:44 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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