North Lykken Trail & Skyline Trail is a 15.5-mile out-and-back near Palm Springs, CA. It climbs 5,940 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi673 – 5,364 ft · steepest grade: 34%16.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: North Lykken Trail 33.84539, -116.56157
Nearest town Palm Springs, CA
Directions
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North Lykken Trail & Skyline Trail
15.5 mi · ▲ 5,940 ft · 8 hr 8 min
Elevation 671–5,364 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: North Lykken Trail · 33.84539, -116.56157
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:24 AM · sunset 7:07 PM
- Start on North Lykken Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 4.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.9 miReach North Lykken Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 4.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto North Lykken Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.3 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
96% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:24 AMSunset 7:07 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2 mi · out & back · via Skyline Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Skyline Trail
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Skyline Trail
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Skyline Trail
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Skyline Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Skyline Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Skyline Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Skyline Trail
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