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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

  1. Start on Ryan Mountain Campground Road, heading S.
  2. 150 ftTurn left onto To Headstone Rock, heading E.
  3. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  6. 200 ftTurn left onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
  9. 3.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.4 miPass Trashcan Rock - West Face.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  13. 150 ftBear left onto Quails Springs Historic, heading NE.
  14. 1 miContinue straight onto Quail Wash, heading NW.
  15. 1.8 miTurn left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SW.
  16. 350 ftReach Trashcan Rock - West Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 300 ftTurn right onto Quail Wash, heading SE.
  18. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Quails Springs Historic, heading E.
  19. 1 miBear right, heading SE.
  20. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  22. 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading SW.
  23. 3.5 miContinue straight onto Lost Horse Trail, heading SE.
  24. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Ryan Ranch Trail, heading SE.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  26. 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  28. 300 ftTurn right onto To Headstone Rock, heading SE.
  29. 450 ftTurn right onto Ryan Mountain Campground Road, heading S.
  30. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

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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