Bull Canyon Road via Pacific Crest Trail
16.1 mi · ▲ 2,940 ft · 6 hr 50 min
Bull Canyon Road via Pacific Crest Trail is a 16.1-mile out-and-back near Thomas Mountain, CA. It climbs 2,940 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi5,066 – 6,181 ft · steepest grade: 31%16.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.63064, -116.58333
Nearest town Thomas Mountain, CA
Directions
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Bull Canyon Road via Pacific Crest Trail
16.1 mi · ▲ 2,940 ft · 6 hr 50 min
Elevation 5,065–6,181 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.63064, -116.58333
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:23 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Goff Flat Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Live Oak Springs Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Bull Canyon Road, heading NE.
- 4.6 miReach Bull Canyon Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.6 miBear right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Live Oak Springs Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Goff Flat Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
15% dirt85% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:23 AMSunset 7:09 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.8 mi in (~131 min). Leave by 4:39 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:12 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Pacific Crest Trail
More from this trailhead
- Goff Flat Road 3.7 mi · ▲ 255 ft
- Goff Flat Road 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,238 ft
- Tunnel Spring via Goff Flat Road 6.6 mi · ▲ 1,265 ft
- Goff Flat Road 6.6 mi · ▲ 1,178 ft
- Pacific Crest Trail 7.9 mi · ▲ 1,623 ft
- Pacific Crest Trail 9.1 mi · ▲ 1,699 ft
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