Pacific Crest Trail: CA Section 22
SONORA PASS to EBBETTS PASS: Curve between sharp ice-hewn boulders on this 27.2-mile stretch surrounded by red volcanic peaks.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 43.8
Waypoints
PCT569
Location: 38.3278350830078, -119.637229919434
Cross CA 108 @ Sonora Pass; turnout and sign explaining history of passes in area. Campground a few hundred feet W; hitch W to the northern Kennedy Meadows Resort for food and relaxation or hitch E down to Bridgeport for a town with more services
PCT570
Location: 38.3296852111816, -119.635284423828
Sonora Pass Trailhead
PCT571
Location: 38.3457984924316, -119.624732971191
Crestline saddle
PCT572
Location: 38.3693161010742, -119.629699707031
Nice campsite amongst the trees on the East Fork of Carson Creek
PCT573
Location: 38.4112167358398, -119.666000366211
Go L and start ascent
PCT574
Location: 38.4383506774902, -119.679634094238
Straight @ Boulder Lake trail
PCT575
Location: 38.4592018127441, -119.726615905762
Straight @ Golden Canyon trails
PCT576
Location: 38.4769668579102, -119.730949401855
L @ Y away from Murray Canyon
PCT577
Location: 38.4803009033203, -119.743797302246
Creek
PCT578
Location: 38.4822006225586, -119.750297546387
Creek
PCT579
Location: 38.4851989746094, -119.754600524902
Wolf Creek
PCT580
Location: 38.4980659484863, -119.769950866699
Straight @ Wolf Creek Pass and Highland Lakes Trail
PCT581
Location: 38.5015983581543, -119.770782470703
Stay R @ Asa Lake trail
PCT582
Location: 38.5265350341797, -119.778419494629
Great, one-tent camp under small clump of trees on saddle overlooking Noble Lake; while the area is marred by cows, the open, grassy slopes, red volcanic peaks, and the nice pocket Noble Lake, make this a worthwhile destination
PCT583
Location: 38.5323486328125, -119.779182434082
Noble Lake outlet creek crossing in a deep V canyon
PCT584
Location: 38.5350151062012, -119.781730651855
L @ Y from Noble Canyon trail
PCT585
Location: 38.5336837768555, -119.78296661377
Noble Creek
PCT586
Location: 38.5461502075195, -119.806816101074
PCT stay R @ Ebbetts Pass trail
PCT587
Location: 38.5460166931152, -119.811431884766
Cross CA 4 near Ebbetts Pass
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Snowy slopes
Location: 38.4541168212891, -119.725646972656
©Jack Haskel
Into an arid landscape
Location: 38.5131988525391, -119.777282714844
©Jack Haskel
