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Upper Freeway Wall–Big Trees Loop Trail, 5 sights is a 12.9-mile out-and-back near Indio Hills, CA. The route reaches Upper Freeway Wall at the turnaround, 6.4 miles in. It climbs 861 ft. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,062 – 4,731 ft13.5 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Upper Freeway Wall–Big Trees Loop Trail, 5 sights

12.9 mi · ▲ 861 ft · 4 hr 44 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 miSharp right, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miReach Upper Freeway Wall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  13. 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
  14. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right onto Big Trees Loop Trail, heading SE.
  17. 1.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  19. 0.6 miSharp right onto Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail, heading S.
  20. 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% sand5% dirt74% 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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