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Trashcan Rock - West Face via Old Lost Horse Road Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route reaches Trashcan Rock - West Face at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 162 ft of elevation gain. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,954 – 4,121 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Quail Springs Historic Trail 34.02598, -116.18002
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Trashcan Rock - West Face via Old Lost Horse Road Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 162 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Elevation 3,955–4,121 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Quail Springs Historic Trail · 34.02598, -116.18002

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading W.
  4. 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftReach Trashcan Rock - West Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 1.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  10. 250 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

55% sand1% paved44% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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