Outer Mongolia Climbing Area & Willow Hole Trail via Boy Scout Trail is a 9.2-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route reaches Outer Mongolia Climbing Area at the turnaround, 4.6 miles in. It climbs 270 ft. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,062 – 4,190 ft9.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02102, -116.18221
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Outer Mongolia Climbing Area & Willow Hole Trail via Boy Scout Trail
9.2 mi · ▲ 270 ft · 3 hr 12 min
Elevation 4,062–4,189 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.02102, -116.18221
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Boy Scout Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Willow Hole Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Outer Mongolia Climbing Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Boy Scout Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 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
16% dirt84% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:58 AMSunset 7:45 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~51 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Old Lost Horse Road Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 161 ft
- Old Lost Horse Road Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 187 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 4.3 mi · ▲ 162 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 5.7 mi · ▲ 215 ft
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