Pacific Crest Trail: CA Section 8
BIG BEAR CITY to CRAB FLATS ROAD: Follow the forested high ridges across the San Bernardino Mountains to creekbeds tangled in sagebrush on this 21.6-mile leg.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 34.9
Waypoints
Snowy Peaks and Forested Hills
Location: 34.2809410095215, -116.899887084961
©Jack Haskel
Sunset in the San Bernardino’s
Location: 34.2809410095215, -117.01774597168
©Jack Haskel
PCT145
Location: 34.2907829284668, -116.802597045898
Turnout on CA 18; go L to get to Big Bear
PCT146
Location: 34.3020401000977, -116.822998046875
Cross paved road near dump
PCT147
Location: 34.2919502258301, -116.828598022461
Cross dirt road
PCT148
Location: 34.2900314331055, -116.882598876953
Cross Caribou Creek in Van Dusen Canyon
PCT149
Location: 34.2890892028809, -116.883399963379
Cross Van Dusen Canyon Road
PCT150
Location: 34.281608581543, -116.907203674316
Cross Bertha Peak Road
PCT151
Location: 34.2808990478516, -116.913101196289
Cougar Creek trail junction
PCT152
Location: 34.283088684082, -116.910102844238
Cross dirt road
PCT153
Location: 34.2835998535156, -116.917098999023
Cross dirt road and Holcomb View Trail
PCT154
Location: 34.2962112426758, -116.944900512695
Keep R @ spiderweb junction. Delamar Mountain rises to the S.
PCT155
Location: 34.3004302978516, -116.95059967041
Cross dirt road in saddle
PCT156
Location: 34.2975196838379, -116.966499328613
Pass seasonal creeklet
PCT157
Location: 34.3010902404785, -116.977890014648
Little Bear Spring Trail Camp
PCT158
Location: 34.3003311157227, -116.981758117676
Reach road and crossing of Holcomb Creek
PCT159
Location: 34.3004760742188, -116.982933044434
Cross dirt road
PCT160
Location: 34.2798347473144, -117.043251037598
Cienaga Larga
PCT161
Location: 34.2751808166504, -117.050727844238
Section ends @ Rd.
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