Mammoth Lakes Pack Outfit
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Chiquito Canyon
California
California
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.6 mi
Distance
534 ft
Gain
15 min
Time
No verdict for this trail
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What we do know
Inside Sierra 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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Why you'll love it
Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back
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Chiquito Canyon
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 534 ft
- Elevation loss
- 534 ft
- Highest point
- 5,951 ft
- Lowest point
- 5,590 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Chiquito Canyon is a short out-and-back trail in California covering 1.18 miles with 534 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 5,951 feet and follows a canyon route.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 5,951 ft
- High point
- 5,951 ft
- Total climbing
- 534 ft
- Total descent
- 534 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 15% grade around mile 0.4 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 1.2 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)
When to go
Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the So Entrance Yosemite Np, CA weather station, 14 mi away. High / low in °F.
- Jan45° high27° low
- Feb46° high27° low
- Mar50° high28° low
- Apr55° high31° low
- May63° high37° low
- Jun73° high44° low
- Jul80° high51° low
- Aug80° high49° low
- Sep75° high45° low
- Oct64° high37° low
- Nov53° high30° low
- Dec44° high26° low
Where it is
- Bass Lake Ranger District · Ranger district
- Sierra National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Bass Lake Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Mammoth Pool Boat Launch Rehabilitation
caution · posted Aug 24, 2026
Mammoth Pool Boat Launch Order Termination
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Chiquito CreekCanoeing1.3 mi
- Upper ChiquitoCamping3.1 mi
- Beasore Stock DriveHiking3.4 mi
- Lower ChiquitoCamping3.4 mi
- Jackass LakesHiking3.9 mi
- Jackass CreekCanoeing4 mi
- Swimming Hole WallRock climbing4.5 mi
- Gold BlockRock climbing4.8 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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Bishop Pack Outfitters
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Rainbow Pack Outfitters
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