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Summit Trail from Pepperdine TH, CA
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| Hiking | 5.00 Miles |
1,141 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.00 Miles | 5 Hrs | | 1.00 mph |
| 1,141 ft AEG | | | | |
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| no partners | | This Out-and-back hike heads south along the Summit Trail from the Pepperdine TH in the South Warner Wilderness of Northeast California. I would only go 2.5 miles before turning around and returning to my camp at the Pepperdine Campground. The full 22.3-mile length of the trail extends south from the Pepperdine Trailhead along the crest of the South Warner Mountains to the Patterson Trailhead. On a previous trip in 2018, I hiked 2.5 miles up the trail from its other end at the Patterson TH to Bearcamp Mountain. [ photoset ]
The trail is in good shape and easy to follow with great views of the Surprise Valley on the East side of the mountains. The Pepperdine Campground near the TH is small with about 9 campsites in a forested site and has the basics: tables, a well-maintained outhouse, and a couple water faucets which were turned off probably due to the approaching winter. I encountered several people on the trail, mostly all locals from the Alturas area. It was the first day of deer hunting season (rifle) and I encountered 3 hunters, all quite cheerful and talkative despite not seeing any deer all day. In an attempt to contribute to their cheerfulness, I mentioned that I had explored the nearby roads by car 2 days before and had seen several deer but they had all been in the large Wildlife Refuge which borders that area. A young woman stopped to chat for about 10 minutes while her gruff boyfriend continued at a fast pace up the trail. She finally took off after him at a run when he was close to a mile ahead of her. It was getting late in the afternoon and a cloud bank was descending on the mountain crest, part of the reason I had decided to head back to camp. I never saw them again. |
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