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
Horseshoe Lake Loop
1.7 mi
Distance
37 ft
Gain
33 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 Inyo 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 ride, mapped
Horseshoe Lake Loop
AI-suggested draft · review before you go
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 37 ft
- Highest point
- 8,987 ft
- Lowest point
- 8,936 ft
Gear for the day
Photos
Directions & GPX
About this trail
Horseshoe Lake Loop is a 1.66-mile trail at Sotcher Lake Trailhead in California with 277 feet of elevation gain. The trail forms a loop within the Sotcher Lake Trailhead system.
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
Add to a trip & share
Keep exploring — more rides worth the drive
Photo: Nandaro, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Horseshoe Lake Trail
~0 min drive
1.28-mile route at Sotcher Lake Trailhead with 314 ft elevation gain
Photo: Nandaro, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Mammoth Pass Cutoff
~1 min drive
0.52-mile trail in Sotcher Lake Trailhead with 332 ft elevation gain
Photo: Don Graham from Redlands, CA, USA - God bless it!, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Lake George Path
~1 min drive
0.34-mile paved trail at Sotcher Lake Trailhead with 47 ft elevation gain.
Photo: Hike395 (talk · contribs), CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Mammoth Lakes Pack Station
~3 min drive
0.30-mile trail in Sotcher Lake Trailhead with 67 ft elevation gain
Mammoth Lks Pack-Mammoth Pass
~0 min drive
1.28-mile trail in California with 333 ft elevation gain at Sotcher Lake Trailhead
Lakefront Path
~1 min drive
0.19-mile trail at Sotcher Lake Trailhead with 18 ft of elevation gain
Barrett Lake to Lake Mary
~1 min drive
0.91-mile trail from Barrett Lake to Lake Mary with 634 ft gain in California
Seven Lakes Point Loop
~1 min drive
0.37-mile loop at Sotcher Lake Trailhead with 342 ft gain
Mccleod Lake
~2 min drive
0.05-mile trail at Sotcher Lake Trailhead, California
Crystal Lake
~2 min drive
0.13-mile trail at Sotcher Lake Trailhead, California
Also worth it near here
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
