Columns of the Giants Trail

California

California

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0.3 mi

Distance

106 ft

Gain

8 min

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Stanislaus 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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Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
0.3 mi
Elevation gain
106 ft
Elevation loss
106 ft
Highest point
5,987 ft
Lowest point
5,939 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Columns of the Giants Trail is a short out-and-back hike in California covering 0.62 miles with 106 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 5,987 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
5,939 ft
High point
5,987 ft
Total climbing
106 ft
Total descent
106 ft
Steepest stretch
4% grade right from the start
Length (round trip)
0.6 mi
Shape
Out and back

Most of the climbing comes early, so the second half is easier.

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 Stanislaus 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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