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Big Trees Loop Trail–Lost Horse Trail, 4 sights

15.1 mi · ▲ 750 ft · 5 hr 25 min

Big Trees Loop Trail–Lost Horse Trail, 4 sights is a 15.1-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 750 ft. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,134 – 4,731 ft15.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 33.99086, -116.16444
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
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Big Trees Loop Trail–Lost Horse Trail, 4 sights

15.1 mi · ▲ 750 ft · 5 hr 25 min

Elevation 4,133–4,731 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: connector · 33.99086, -116.16444

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 1.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 1.8 miTurn right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Big Trees Loop Trail, heading SE.
  7. 1.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left onto Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail, heading S.
  10. 50 ftReach Lost Horse Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Big Trees Loop Trail, heading S.
  12. 2.5 miTurn left onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 1.8 miTurn left, heading S.
  17. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/old-lost-horse-road-trail-out-back-26-km-c498

Trail surface

13% sand87% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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