Pope's Crack & Chongo Boulder via Old Lost Horse Road Trail is a 13-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Chongo Boulder before reaching Pope's Crack at the turnaround, 6.5 miles in. It climbs 324 ft. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,062 – 4,252 ft13.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: connector 33.99086, -116.16444
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Pope's Crack & Chongo Boulder via Old Lost Horse Road Trail
13 mi · ▲ 324 ft · 4 hr 30 min
Elevation 4,062–4,252 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miPass Chongo Boulder.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 150 ftReach Pope's Crack, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
23% dirt2% sand75% 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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