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Banana Cracks - East Face–Big Trees Loop Trail, 5 sights is a 13-mile out-and-back near Indio Hills, CA. The route reaches Banana Cracks - East Face at the turnaround, 6.5 miles in. It climbs 913 ft. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,062 – 4,731 ft13.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail 33.95064, -116.15978
Nearest town Indio Hills, CA

Directions

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Banana Cracks - East Face–Big Trees Loop Trail, 5 sights

13 mi · ▲ 913 ft · 4 hr 47 min

Elevation 4,062–4,731 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail · 33.95064, -116.15978

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 95°F / low 79° · precip 0% · wind 14 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left onto Big Trees Loop Trail, heading N.
  3. 2.5 miTurn left onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
  6. 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  10. 250 ftTurn right onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading N.
  11. 500 ftSharp left onto Mindless Mound Approach, heading N.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Approach to Banana Cracks, heading N.
  13. 250 ftReach Banana Cracks - East Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 250 ftTurn left onto Mindless Mound Approach, heading N.
  15. 50 ftSharp right onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading N.
  16. 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
  17. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  18. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  19. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading S.
  21. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading SE.
  22. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading SE.
  23. 0.5 miTurn right onto Big Trees Loop Trail, heading SE.
  24. 1.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  25. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  26. 0.6 miSharp right onto Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail, heading S.
  27. 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

21% sand6% dirt73% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 95°F79°
Feels like82°Precip0%Wind14 mphUV9Humidity18%
Hourly temperature
95°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue 93°77°
Wed 90°70°
Thu 95°72°
Fri 96°76°
Sat 96°75°
Sun 92°73°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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