Big Willi Mountaineering Company
Hiking business nearby (~14 mi away) — hasn't claimed their Roamze page yet
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
Soldier Lake
3.0 mi
Distance
1,943 ft
Gain
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 Park
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
Big climb
Out & back
Here's your day, mapped
Soldier Lake
AI-suggested draft · review before you go
Building your full AI plan…
Meals
Building your meal plan…
Gear for the day
Building your gear list…
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 3.0 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,943 ft
- Highest point
- 12,721 ft
- Lowest point
- 10,774 ft
More about this trail ↓
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- National Park Service
About this trail
Soldier Lake is a 3.01-mile out-and-back trail in California's National Park Service system, gaining 1,943 feet of elevation over the round trip. The route reaches a maximum elevation of 12,721 feet.
Add to a trip & share
Keep exploring — more trails worth the drive
Photo: NPS staff, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)Miter Basin
~1 min drive
2.43-mile out-and-back trail in California with 780 ft gain and 11,229 ft max elevation.
Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Mount Whitney
~8 min drive
7.48-mile out-and-back trail to Mount Whitney's summit in California.
Photo: kalestews, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)Cottonwood Lakes
~9 min drive
5.93-mile out-and-back trail to Cottonwood Lakes in California with 1,026 ft of elevation gain.
Photo: Ken Lund — CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)North Fork Lone Pine Creek
~11 min drive
6.71-mile out-and-back trail in California with 4,534 ft elevation gain.
Photo: Jesse Wagstaff, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)Siberian Pass
~3 min drive
2.36-mile out-and-back trail in California with 184 ft gain and 11,037 ft max elevation.
Photo: Seth Tisue, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)Mount Young
~11 min drive
Route to the summit of Mount Young (13,156 ft) from Whitney Portal National Recreation Trail Upper Trailhead.
Photo: Jesse Wagstaff, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)South Fork Cottonwood Creek
~7 min drive
5.86-mile out-and-back trail in California with 113 ft elevation gain.
Old Army Pass
~3 min drive
0.31-mile out-and-back trail at Old Army Pass in California with 113 ft of elevation gain.
Photo: Jesse Wagstaff, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)Cirque Lake
~6 min drive
1.54-mile out-and-back trail to Cirque Lake in California with 226 ft of elevation gain.
Mount Morgenson
~11 min drive
Route to the summit of Mount Morgenson (13,924 ft) from Whitney Portal National Recreation Trail Upper Trailhead.
Also worth it near here
Guided trips nearby
Local operatorsoffering guided trips. You book directly with them — Roamze doesn’t take a cut.
View operator
Glacier Lodge
Hiking business nearby (~44 mi away) — hasn't claimed their Roamze page yet
