Lower Freeway Wall–Big Trees Loop Trail, 5 sights is a 12.7-mile out-and-back near Indio Hills, CA. The route reaches Lower Freeway Wall at the turnaround, 6.3 miles in. It climbs 789 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,062 – 4,731 ft · steepest grade: 15%13.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail 33.95064, -116.15978
Nearest town Indio Hills, CA
Directions
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Lower Freeway Wall–Big Trees Loop Trail, 5 sights
12.7 mi · ▲ 789 ft · 4 hr 38 min
Elevation 4,062–4,731 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail · 33.95064, -116.15978
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 94°F / low 75° · precip 1% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Big Trees Loop Trail, heading N.
- 2.5 miTurn left onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 100 ftReach Lower Freeway Wall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Big Trees Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 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
22% sand5% dirt73% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 94°F75°
Feels like81°Precip1%Wind12 mphUV9Humidity26%
Hourly temperature
95°75°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:44 PM
Wed
91°70°
Thu
94°72°
Fri
96°75°
Sat
98°75°
Sun
93°74°
Mon
92°71°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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