Mile High Trail
California
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0.4 mi
Distance
118 ft
Gain
10 min
Time
No verdict for this trail
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What we do know
Inside Los Padres 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
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Mile High Trail
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Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 118 ft
- Elevation loss
- 118 ft
- Highest point
- 5,360 ft
- Lowest point
- 5,290 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Mile High Trail is a short out-and-back hike in California covering 0.72 miles with 118 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 5,360 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 5,290 ft
- High point
- 5,360 ft
- Total climbing
- 118 ft
- Total descent
- 118 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 7% grade around mile 0.2 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 0.7 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)
When to go
Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Sandberg, CA weather station, 19 mi away. High / low in °F.
- Jan52° high39° low
- Feb53° high38° low
- Mar57° high41° low
- Apr62° high43° low
- May70° high49° low
- Jun80° high58° low
- Jul88° high65° low
- Aug88° high65° low
- Sep83° high61° low
- Oct71° high52° low
- Nov60° high44° low
- Dec52° high38° low
Where it is
- Mt. Pinos Ranger District · Ranger district
- Los Padres National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Mt. Pinos Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Dry Canyon Area, Roads and Trails, and Wilderness Closure
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Maple TrailHiking0.8 mi
- Dos Pinos TrailHiking1 mi
- Spruce TrailHiking1.3 mi
- Lockwood CreekCanoeing3.1 mi
- ChuchupateCamping3.2 mi
- McGillCamping4.1 mi
- Bukit Timah USARock climbing4.4 mi
- Nordic Base BoulderRock climbing5.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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