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Warning!
A surprising number of hikers
become ill shortly after leaving
Section G. Hikers should be
especially careful with trail hygiene
and the treatment of drinking water
in Sections F & G, including water
from caches and faucets in
Kennedy Meadows.
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California Section F - 85.5 miles
Start - Hwy 58, mile 566.5 [Tehachapi Pass]
End - Hwy 178, mile 652 [Walker Pass]
Elevation Gain +14,862'
Elevation Loss -13,424'
Elevation Change +1,438'
---------Hwy58 - Hwy 58 - mi 566.5 - 3821 ft
BV0570 - Small bivy campsite - mi 569.8 4609 ft
BV0571 - Small bivy campsite - mi 570.7 5024 ft
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CS0571B - Campsite - mi 571 - 5198 ft
CS0573 - Small campsite - mi 572.9 - 6065 ft
CS0574 - Campsite - mi 574 - 5970 ft
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PL0584 - Powerline near windfarm - mi 584.2 - 5320 ft
GT0590 - Gate - mi 590 - 5122 ft
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RD0601 - PCT departs unpaved road - mi 600.8 - 6250 ft
TR0602 - Trail to Robin Bird Spring - mi 602.1 - 6339 ft
WRCS602 - Robin Bird Spring, 1/10 mile W of PCT, campsite mi 602.1 - 6337 ft
RD0602 - Unpaved Jawbone Canyon Road - mi 602.5 - 6579 ft
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RD0605 - Unpaved road 29S19 - mi 605.3 - 6746 ft
WR606 - Concrete dam and spring - mi 605.7 - 6734 ft
WR607 - Landers Creek - mi 607.1 - 6328 ft
WR608 - Landers Meadow drainage at 1st Piute
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RD0608 - Piute Mountain Rd, 1st crossing - mi 608.1 6210 ft
RD0609 - Unpaved road 29S05 to Landers Camp - mi
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WRCS609 - Landers Camp, spring, fire tank, 2/10 mile
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RD0611 - Piute Mountain Road, 2nd crossing at Harris
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Follow the unsigned gully at PCT mile
620 [wooden PCT posts and Carsonite
PCT markers are on either side of this
gully] for 1.4 miles N to unpaved Dove
Spring Canyon Rd [SC103]. The gully is
mostly easy walking, but does have 2 or
3 short boulder scrambles. After reaching
SC103, walk right [SE] for 2/10 mile to
reach Willow Spring. From WR620
continue 1.6 miles SE on SC103 to rejoin
the PCT at mile 621.9. Skillful navigators
can walk cross country east toward
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reaches SC103, shortening the alternate
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DoveSpringCynRd - Dove Spring Road, 1.4 mile N of PCT, to
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WR620 - Willow Spring, 1.6 miles N of PCT, pond, trough - mi
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RD0622 - Unpaved Dove Spring Canyon Road AKA SC103 - mi
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RD0624 - Junction of unpaved roads SC111 and SC39 - mi
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RD0625 - Unpaved road SC328 - mi 625.4 - 5330 ft
RD0626 - Unpaved road SC47 - mi 625.5 - 5309 ft
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RD0630 - Dirt bike road SC42 - mi 630 - 5519 ft
RD0631 - Bird Spring Pass, unpaved road
SC120 - mi 630.8 - 5378 ft
CS0634 - Campsite - mi 634.2 - 6915 ft
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TR0637 - Trail junction to Yellow Jacket Spring - mi 637 - 6277 ft
WR637 - Yellow Jacket Spring, 7/10 mile NW of PCT - mi 637 - 6140 ft
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Lake Isabella has the last grocery store for 254.7 miles until
Mammoth Lakes [except for possibly the small grocery in Lone
Pine]. Bus service runs between Onyx and Lake Isabella [and
W to the city of Bakersfield].
A number of hikers have had bad experiences at the Kern
Motel. The Lake Isabella Motel [760-379-2800] is the better
place to stay in the town of Lake Isabella.
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The Walker Pass Campground does not always have reliable
water. Check the Water report. One of the 3 spring-fed cisterns
2/10 mile NW of the campground may have water [follow Hwy
178 for 250 yards W from the campground entrance and look to
the left] or Canebrake Creek 1.8 miles W on Hwy 178.
RD0644 - PCT departs unpaved road - mi 643.8 - 6689 ft
WR644 - McIvers Spring, 2/10 mile E of PCT - mi 643.8 - 6704 ft
WR651 - Walker Pass Campground - mi 651.3 - 5040 ft
Hwy178 - Hwy 178 - mi 652 - 5271 ft
---------Onyx [mile 652] is a very small community 17.7 miles W of the
PCT on Hwy 178 with a post office [w/ limited hours]. The Onyx
store and gas station have closed.
Onyx Post Office [open M-F 9-12, 1-4; 760-378-2121]
(Hiker Name)
c/o General Delivery
Onyx, CA 93255
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on Hwy 178 with motels, large grocery, pharmacy, laundry,
restaurants, pay phones, ATM and a post office.
Lake Isabella Post Office [open M-F 10-4; 760-379-2553]
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630
RD0
RD0
+391
463
CS0
63
CS0
63
5000
RD0
626
624
RD0
6000
TR0
+268
317
+286
162
638
California Section F
+290
157
640
+203
123
642
PCT Mile
+291
156
644
+65
635
646
+0
783
648
5000
4000
650
8000
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7000
7000
6000
6000
5000
4000
650
651
Elevation (feet)
628
7000
9000
8000
4
8000
4000
622
Elevation (feet)
9000
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CS0
Elevation (feet)
9000
5000
+166
453
652
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