West Lakes via Pacific Crest Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Norden, CA. The route passes West Lakes and West Lakes. It climbs 425 ft. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,182 – 7,484 ft5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.33959, -120.34302
Nearest town Norden, CA
Directions
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West Lakes via Pacific Crest Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 7,181–7,483 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.33959, -120.34302
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftPass West Lakes.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Summit Lake Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass West Lakes.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Castle Valley East OHV Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach West Lakes, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 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
14% dirt7% rock79% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Red Mountain–West Lakes, 5 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 3,988 ft
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