High Desert Trail
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High Desert Trail
USDA Forest Service
Backcountry Trail
- Length
27 miles
- Elevation Gain
--
- Route Type
out & back
- Length
27 miles - Elevation Gain
-- - Route Type
out & back
Location: Angeles National Forest; 70 miles northeast of Los Angeles, CA within two hours driving time. 45 miles northwest of San Bernardino, CA. The trail begins at three separate points near the Angeles Crest Highway #2. These locations are Vincent, In Angeles
- States: California
- Counties: Los Angeles
The High Desert Trail is a continuous network incorporating several trails including the Burhhart Trail, Devil's Punchbowl Trail, Manzanita Trail, and Southfork Trail. The High Desert Trail system joins the San Gabriel Mountains with the Mojave Desert, and combined with the Pacific Crest Trail crossing the Angeles Crest, it forms two small loops or one large loop. The trail affords the PCT traveler a high desert experience alternative. The trail navigates steep-sided canyon walls with exposed granite masses and gravel screen slopes as it parallels and crosses creek beds.
Accessibility Information
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Allowed Uses:
Hiking/WalkingPublic Contact
Diane McCombsAngeles National Forest
30800 Bouquet Canyon Rd.
Saugus, CA 91390
[email protected] • (661) 296-9710
Contact the trail manager for current maps and visiting details.
More Details
- Elevation (low): 3500
- Elevation (high): 6950
- Elevation (cumulative): --
- Part of a Trail System? No
- Surface (primary): Grass or Vegetation
- Surfaces (additional): Grass or Vegetation, Rock, crushed, Sand, Soil
- Tread Width (average): 24"
- Tread Width (minimum): --
- Running length (minimum): --
- Tread Grade (average, percent): 5
- Tread Grade (maximum): 9
- Running length (maximum): --
- Cross-slope (average, percent): --
- Cross-slope (maximum): --
- Running length (maximum): --
- Certified as an NRT
Mar 3, 1981