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Grouse Lake and Mud Lake route map
Difficulty: ExpertLoop
California

Grouse Lake and Mud Lake

Pinecrest, California

17.0 mi

Distance

2,972 ft

Elev. Gain

6h 38m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Grouse Lake and Mud Lake 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

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:2,004 ft
Max:2,310 ft
Gain:906 ft
Loss:906 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 2,004 ft and 2,310 ft across 17.0 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.2,004 ft2,106 ft2,208 ft2,310 ft0.0 mi4.3 mi8.5 mi12.8 mi17.0 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi2,227 ft
High point15.5 mi2,310 ft
End17.0 mi2,227 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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