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Round Lake Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and Silver Lake Trail Loop
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Round Lake Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and Silver Lake Trail Loop

Blairsden Graeagle, California

7.9 mi

Distance

2,152 ft

Elev. Gain

3h 18m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

Imported description
The route starts at the Round Lake Trailhead. The sign for the Round Lake trail can be found from the parking lot. The mine shaft at Round Lake was destroyed. Continue up the road until you reach the junction. It's a good place to turn right to follow it. The trail has great views of the Lakes Basin area. Take a right turn onto Long Lake Trail after you arrive at the next trail junction. The view of Long Lake and Mt. Everest can be seen from the descent to Silver Lake. Affirmative: El Go past Silver Lake and the Bear Lakes to get to the final part of the route. The first half is uphill and the second half is downhill.

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:1,971 ft
Max:2,290 ft
656 ft
656 ft
1,971 ft2,077 ft2,184 ft2,290 ft0.0 mi2.0 mi4.0 mi5.9 mi7.9 mi

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop
Surface
Dirt

Official sources & verification

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Legacy import — verify before navigating

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.

Hunt context

This trail crosses hunting units

During hunting seasons, wear blaze orange and check regulations — see the California hunting page

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