5N18 Fall Canyon Truck Trail

California

California

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3.5 mi

Distance

3,144 ft

Gain

1h 35m

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Angeles National Forest

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Through-trail
Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
3.5 mi
Elevation gain
3,144 ft
Elevation loss
3,144 ft
Highest point
3,608 ft
Lowest point
2,101 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

5N18 Fall Canyon Truck Trail is a 7.08-mile out-and-back hike in California with 3,144 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 3,608 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
3,592 ft
High point
3,608 ft
Total climbing
3,144 ft
Total descent
3,144 ft
Steepest stretch
17% grade around mile 1.4 on the way out
Length (round trip)
7.1 mi
Shape
Out and back

Most of the climbing comes late, so save something for the end.

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Angeles National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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