Trashcan Rock - West Face–Bigfoot Trail, 6 sights is a 16-mile out-and-back near Pinto Wye, CA. The route reaches Trashcan Rock - West Face. It climbs 563 ft. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,737 – 4,324 ft16.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ryan Mountain Campground Road 33.98421, -116.15413
Nearest town Pinto Wye, CA
Directions
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Trashcan Rock - West Face–Bigfoot Trail, 6 sights
16 mi · ▲ 563 ft · 5 hr 37 min
Elevation 3,737–4,325 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Ryan Mountain Campground Road · 33.98421, -116.15413
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 97°F / low 77° · precip 0% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Ryan Mountain Campground Road, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto To Headstone Rock, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
- 3.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miPass Trashcan Rock - West Face.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Quails Springs Historic, heading NE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Quail Wash, heading NW.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftReach Trashcan Rock - West Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Quail Wash, heading SE.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Quails Springs Historic, heading E.
- 1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading SW.
- 3.5 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right onto To Headstone Rock, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Ryan Mountain Campground Road, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
43% sand21% gravel1% paved35% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 97°F77°
Feels like81°Precip0%Wind13 mphUV9Humidity18%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue
96°75°
Wed
93°69°
Thu
98°77°
Fri
99°80°
Sat
98°81°
Sun
94°77°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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