Yellowjacket Trail

California

California

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2.1 mi

Distance

1,188 ft

Gain

57 min

Time

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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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Through-trail
Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
2.1 mi
Elevation gain
1,188 ft
Elevation loss
1,188 ft
Highest point
7,084 ft
Lowest point
6,860 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Yellowjacket Trail is a 4.28-mile out-and-back hike in California with 1,188 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 7,084 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
7,084 ft
High point
7,084 ft
Total climbing
1,188 ft
Total descent
1,188 ft
Steepest stretch
12% grade around mile 1.5 on the way out
Length (round trip)
4.3 mi
Shape
Out and back

The climb is steady from start to finish.

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

When to go

Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Huntington Lake, CA weather station, 21 mi away. High / low in °F.

  1. Jan43° high24° low
  2. Feb44° high23° low
  3. Mar46° high26° low
  4. Apr50° high29° low
  5. May56° high36° low
  6. Jun66° high42° low
  7. Jul74° high49° low
  8. Aug74° high49° low
  9. Sep68° high44° low
  10. Oct58° high37° low
  11. Nov49° high31° low
  12. Dec44° high25° low

Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Bass Lake Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

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

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