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Upper Freeway Wall & Lower Freeway Wall via Old Lost Horse Road Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Upper Freeway Wall before reaching Lower Freeway Wall at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 213 ft of elevation gain. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,062 – 4,223 ft6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.99503, -116.16370
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Upper Freeway Wall & Lower Freeway Wall via Old Lost Horse Road Trail

6 mi · ▲ 213 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Elevation 4,062–4,222 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 33.99503, -116.16370

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 98°F / low 77° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
  3. 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miReach Upper Freeway Wall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftPass Lower Freeway Wall.
  11. 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  12. 1.7 miSharp left, heading S.
  13. 1.5 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

41% sand59% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 98°F77°
Feels like80°Precip0%Wind8 mphUV9Humidity13%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue 97°75°
Wed 94°70°
Thu 97°76°
Fri 98°80°
Sat 100°81°
Sun 95°79°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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