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Emigrant Lower Loop route map
Difficulty: ExpertLoop
California

Emigrant Lower Loop

Pinecrest, California

44.3 mi

Distance

10,328 ft

Elev. Gain

17h 53m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Emigrant Lower Loop unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:2,158 ft
Max:2,784 ft
Gain:3,148 ft
Loss:3,148 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 2,158 ft and 2,784 ft across 44.3 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.2,158 ft2,367 ft2,575 ft2,784 ft0.0 mi11.1 mi22.1 mi33.2 mi44.3 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi2,196 ft
High point20.4 mi2,784 ft
End44.3 mi2,196 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Strawberry, CA · about 5 mi away
County:
Tuolumne County, CA

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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