Horse Camp Trail
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 10.87 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,352 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 1,808 ft
- Max elevation
- 5,868 ft
- TrailRank
- 17
- Min elevation
- 5,868 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 2 hours 50 minutes
- Coordinates
- 317
- Uploaded
- February 23, 2009
- Recorded
- December 2005
near Eileen, California (United States)
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Itinerary description
2005-12-24
This is a rough and difficult trail to follow at times, but it was on the map so I had to check it out. Make your way to the BEGIN waypoint - I recommend climbing the Cook and Green trail, or you could climb the gravel logging road, then climb the 4wd road to the Horse Camp trailhead. The PCT (Pacific Crest Trail) parallels the 4wd road to the north, no bikes allowed on the PCT but it looked like it would be fun on a bike. I went in December and there was three feet of snow when I dropped over onto the northerly exposed side, but was rolling again within a quarter mile. It looked like there hadn't been any maintenance done on this section in years, the grade is steep at times and the tread is mostly just a rut. Had to stop and search for it more than once on the upper half. The lower half was better, must be some use coming up to the camp from the lower trailhead. The GPS tracks on the lower section are a mess probably because I was going fast through the tall trees, but you get the general idea.
This is a rough and difficult trail to follow at times, but it was on the map so I had to check it out. Make your way to the BEGIN waypoint - I recommend climbing the Cook and Green trail, or you could climb the gravel logging road, then climb the 4wd road to the Horse Camp trailhead. The PCT (Pacific Crest Trail) parallels the 4wd road to the north, no bikes allowed on the PCT but it looked like it would be fun on a bike. I went in December and there was three feet of snow when I dropped over onto the northerly exposed side, but was rolling again within a quarter mile. It looked like there hadn't been any maintenance done on this section in years, the grade is steep at times and the tread is mostly just a rut. Had to stop and search for it more than once on the upper half. The lower half was better, must be some use coming up to the camp from the lower trailhead. The GPS tracks on the lower section are a mess probably because I was going fast through the tall trees, but you get the general idea.
Waypoints
Waypoint
4,731 ft
BEGIN
Pacific Crest Nat Scenic Trl and Road
Waypoint
2,387 ft
END
Road
Waypoint
0 ft
Horse Camp trailhead
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