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California
Mount Pickering
28.9 mi
Distance
6,506 ft
Gain
Final 0.8 mi off-trail
No mapped path. Route-finding required. It climbs about 1,494 ft. The dashed line is a straight-line guide, not a route.
no mapped OSM path within 1216 m of the summit (Geofabrik extract)
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Mount Pickering
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 28.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 6,506 ft
- Elevation loss
- 6,506 ft
- Highest point
- 13,468 ft
Profile ends where the mapped trail ends. The last 0.8 mi is off-trail.
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About this trail
Mount Pickering rises to 13,468 ft in California. This route starts at Cottonwood Pass Trailhead and covers 28.9 miles round trip with about 6,506 ft of climbing. The mapped trail ends 0.8 miles and about 1,494 ft short of the summit; the final stretch is off-trail with no mapped path and needs route-finding.
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