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California
Shotgun
1.1 mi
Distance
288 ft
Gain
28 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Inyo National Forest
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Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Trail character
- Surface
- Dirt
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Shotgun
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.1 mi
- Elevation gain
- 288 ft
- Elevation loss
- 471 ft
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Directions & GPX
About this trail
Shotgun is a 1.12-mile trail at Sotcher Lake Trailhead in California with 288 feet of elevation gain. The trail follows a dirt surface through the Sotcher Lake Trailhead system, managed by the Forest Service.
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
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