Upper Freeway Wall & Lower Freeway Wall is a 2.7-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Lower Freeway Wall before reaching Upper Freeway Wall at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 196 ft of elevation gain. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,075 – 4,190 ft3.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Keys Ranch Road 34.03362, -116.16705
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Upper Freeway Wall & Lower Freeway Wall
2.7 mi · ▲ 196 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 4,074–4,189 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Keys Ranch Road · 34.03362, -116.16705
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Lower Freeway Wall.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Upper Freeway Wall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 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
31% dirt69% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Keys Ranch Road Trailhead
- Big Pine Trail & North View via Boy Scout Trail 13.2 mi · ▲ 539 ft
- Old Lost Horse Road Trail 10.9 mi · ▲ 324 ft
- Echo Tee Trail–Lost Horse Trail, 3 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 351 ft
- Old Lost Horse Road Trail 6.6 mi · ▲ 296 ft
- Boy Scout Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 2.7 mi · ▲ 79 ft
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