Pacific Crest Trail: CA Section 9
CRAB FLATS ROAD to CA 138: Hot springs. Killer views. Lonely campsites. That's just a short hitlist of what unfurls on this 30.4-mile section across the San Bernardino Mountains.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 49.0
Waypoints
PCT161
Location: 34.2751808166504, -117.050727844238
From Crab Flats Rd., head W
PCT162
Location: 34.2781982421875, -117.072235107422
Third crossing of Holcomb Creek
PCT163
Location: 34.2773323059082, -117.073104858398
Fourth crossing of Holcomb Creek
PCT164
Location: 34.2739677429199, -117.127723693848
Cross Deep Creek near dirt bike track @ destroyed bridge
PCT165
Location: 34.3007202148438, -117.125442504883
Cross dirt road
PCT166
Location: 34.3221015930176, -117.152099609375
Cross creeklet
PCT167
Location: 34.3387794494629, -117.170265197754
Pass creek; Warm Spring down near creek
PCT168
Location: 34.3398170471191, -117.17626953125
Deep Creek Hot Spring
PCT169
Location: 34.3408851623535, -117.190376281738
Cross tributary creek
PCT170
Location: 34.3441009521484, -117.19556427002
Reach arched bridge over Deep Creek
PCT171
Location: 34.3451156616211, -117.230499267578
Mojave Dam spillway
PCT172
Location: 34.3366317749023, -117.245986938477
CA 173
PCT173
Location: 34.3360176086426, -117.246231079102
Water cache under a juniper tree
PCT174
Location: 34.3161315917969, -117.265197753906
Cross dirt road
PCT175
Location: 34.3128814697266, -117.265335083008
Cross Grass Valley Creek
PCT176
Location: 34.3118171691894, -117.27108001709
Cross dirt road
PCT177
Location: 34.3055839538574, -117.308532714844
Paved road leading up to the top of Silverwood Lake Dam
PCT178
Location: 34.3065338134766, -117.312599182129
Cross dirt road below Silverwood Lake Dam
PCT179
Location: 34.3088150024414, -117.315803527832
Reach CA 173 and turn L onto road to follow it
PCT180
Location: 34.3078002929688, -117.32430267334
PCT trail tread resumes on left side of road after power station and climbs to the crest near Silverwood Lake
PCT181
Location: 34.3046493530273, -117.328582763672
First view of Silverwood Lake
PCT182
Location: 34.2885513305664, -117.34513092041
Reach a jeep road and follow it through the picnic area and up the hill to get to the campground. The hike/bike camp is regretably the absolute farthest campsite from the entrance.
PCT183
Location: 34.2877159118652, -117.354698181152
End @ CA 138;
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Mojave River Reservoir
Location: 34.3459434509277, -117.230018615723
Man-made drainages in the southern California desert. ©Jack Haskel
Signpost at CA 173
Location: 34.3364562988281, -117.244636535645
Trail angels leave crucial water and info.©Jack Haskel
Bridge over Deep Creek
Location: 34.3447113037109, -117.196823120117
©Jack Haskel
Hanging out in the Deep Creek Springs
Location: 34.3390350341797, -117.177185058594
PCT’ers find welcome relief in thermal spings along Deep Creek.©Jack Haskel
Deep Creek Hot Spring
Location: 34.3391189575195, -117.175354003906
Shaded views of the Deep Creek hot springs. ©Jack Haskel