Free — you'll pick up right here.
Watch this trail
Sign up to watch it — saving subscribes you to gate, closure and report changes.
California
BLACK MOUNTAIN SADDLE
1.2 mi
Distance
971 ft
Gain
39 min
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside Sequoia 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.
Nobody's filed a report here yet — be the first.
Why you'll love it
Here's your day, mapped
BLACK MOUNTAIN SADDLE
AI-suggested draft · review before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.2 mi
- Elevation gain
- 971 ft
- Elevation loss
- 971 ft
- Highest point
- 6,315 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,149 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Black Mountain Saddle is a 2.42-mile out-and-back trail in California with 971 feet of elevation gain and loss. The route reaches a maximum elevation of 6,315 feet.
Add to a trip & share
Keep exploring — more trails worth the drive
BLACK MOUNTAIN
~0 min drive
2.42-mile out-and-back trail on Black Mountain in California with 548 ft elevation gain.
Black Mountain Saddle Trail
~1 min drive
2.7-mile out-and-back trail in California with 1,120 ft gain and 6,315 ft max elevation.
Bohna Ridge
~7 min drive
9.00-mile out-and-back trail in California with 2800 ft elevation gain.
Dead End Trail
~2 min drive
1.06-mile out-and-back trail in California with 461 ft elevation gain and loss.
Unal Interpretive
~2 min drive
4.69-mile out-and-back trail in California with 1,000 ft elevation gain.
Marshall Meadow
~8 min drive
7.40-mile out-and-back trail in California with 111 ft of elevation gain.
Sand Shed Trail
~2 min drive
1.22-mile out-and-back hike in California with 429 ft gain
Split Mountain
~2 min drive
3.00-mile out-and-back trail in California with 408 ft gain.
Potato Patch
~14 min drive
14-mile out-and-back trail in California with 2,259 ft gain.
Cook's Peak 4Wd
~5 min drive
2.40-mile out-and-back trail to Cook's Peak in California.
