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California
Discovery Trail
0.4 mi
Distance
48 ft
Gain
7 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Inyo National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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No access route mapped
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Discovery Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 48 ft
- Elevation loss
- 176 ft
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About this trail
Discovery Trail is a short 0.40-mile route at Sotcher Lake Trailhead in California with 48 feet of elevation gain. The trail is managed by the Forest Service as part of the Sotcher Lake Trailhead system.
Permits & access
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- Forest Service
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