California trails · Mountain-pass hikes

Mountain-pass hikes in California

408 trails in California reach a named pass. Ranked by our data-richness score; every link opens the full stats or the live map.

Trail	Length	Gain	Reaches
NST - Pacific Crest	142.8 mi	—	Dicks Pass, Wolf Creek Pass
Tahoe Yosemite Trail	10.0 mi	—	Phipps Pass, Rubicon Lake
Mount Whitney	8.0 mi	—	Trail Crest, Discovery Pinnacle
Salmon Summit	27.9 mi	—	Slate Gap, Chilkoot Pass
Pacific Crest Trl	32.5 mi	—	Castle Pass, Mount Stephens
20 Lakes Basin Loop	4.2 mi	—	Lundy Pass, Lake Helen
Bishop Pass	5.6 mi	—	Bishop Pass, Spearhead Lake
Isberg	11.9 mi	—	The Niche, Isberg Pass
Red Peak Pass	11.4 mi	—	Red Peak Pass, Lower Ottoway Lake
Robinson Creek Trail	9.2 mi	—	Rock Island Pass, Robinson Lakes
Robinson Creek	9.0 mi	—	Rock Island Pass, Robinson Lakes
Sawmill Pass	9.3 mi	—	Sawmill Pass, Mule Lake
Alger Lakes	9.6 mi	—	Gem Pass, Parker Pass
Mcgee Pass	14.3 mi	—	McGee Pass, Buzztail Spring
Mono Creek	11.6 mi	—	Mono Pass, Summit Lake
New Army Pass	4.7 mi	—	New Army Pass, Long Lake
Gabrielino National Recreatiion Trail	26.8 mi	—	Newcomb Pass, Red Box Gap
Kearsarge Pass	4.8 mi	—	Kearsarge Pass, Gilbert Lake
Dusy - Ershim	29.9 mi	—	Hot Springs Pass, Lakecamp Lake
Huckleberry Trail	34.1 mi	—	Styx Pass, Blackbird Lake
Meysan Lakes	5.1 mi	—	Whitney Portal, Camp Lake
Pine Creek Pass	7.5 mi	—	Pine Creek Pass, Upper Pine Lake
Kern Kaweah	8.0 mi	—	Colby Pass, Gallats Lake
Shepherd Pass	10.1 mi	—	Shepherd Pass
Divide Peak Ohv	12.7 mi	—	Torro Saddle, Noon Peak
Little Lakes Valley	3.1 mi	—	Morgan Pass, Mack Lake
Crown Valley	15.1 mi	—	Elizabeth Lake, Crown Lake
Pacific Crest Trail	9.9 mi	—	Sheep Camp Spring, Siskiyou Gap
California Riding And Hiking	29.9 mi	—	Potter Pass, Portuguese Flat
Deer Creek	6.3 mi	—	Bear Gap, Deer Lake
Pine Ridge	22.3 mi	—	Church Creek Divide, Sykes Hot Spring
Bloody Canyon	4.6 mi	—	Mono Pass, Summit Lake
Summit	31.2 mi	—	Windy Gap, Frog Lakes
Deer Cove	9.0 mi	—	Deer Creek Saddle, Grizzly Lakes
Piute Canyon	11.2 mi	—	Piute Pass, Summit Lake
Hell For Sure	8.0 mi	—	Fleming Lake, Hell for Sure Pass
Tahoe Rim Trail	22.8 mi	—	Armstrong Pass, Star Lake
Pony Creek	9.3 mi	—	Election Gap, Mullane Lake
Lake Italy	6.6 mi	—	Italy Pass, Lake Italy
Humboldt	14.1 mi	—	East Low Gap, North Yolla Bolly Spring
Four Lakes	4.0 mi	—	Diamond Lake, Luella Lake
Stoney Ridge	6.3 mi	—	Stonewall Pass, Deer Creek Pass
Baxter Pass	6.6 mi	—	Baxter Pass
Evolution Basin	6.8 mi	—	Muir Pass, Lake McDermand
Carmel River	13.3 mi	—	Sulphur Spring, Church Creek Divide
Rockbound	7.8 mi	—	Rockbound Pass, Lake Doris
Backbone Trail - Sandstone Peak	2.8 mi	—	Sandstone Peak, Boney Peak
Skinner Ridge	6.6 mi	—	Bottchers Gap, Devils Peak
Saratoga Gap Trl	2.6 mi	—	Castle Rock Falls, Goat Rock
Agua Blanca	12.6 mi	—	Big Narrows, Devils Gateway
Kaiser Pass	16.8 mi	—	Kaiser Pass, Portal Forebay
Hole In The Ground	8.3 mi	—	Castle Pass, Andesite Peak
Woodchuck	17.7 mi	—	Crown Pass, Halfmoon Lake
Blackrock Pass - Pinto Lake	6.2 mi	—	Black Rock Pass, Pinto Lake
Taboose Pass	7.4 mi	—	Taboose Pass
Rubicon	20.2 mi	—	Mosquito Pass, Rubicon Reservoir
North Fork	16.6 mi	—	Low Gap
Goodale Pass Trail	8.5 mi	—	Goodale Pass, Shelf Lake
Cannell Meadow	23.7 mi	—	Sherman Pass
Badger Gap	12.2 mi	—	Little Tenant Spring, Badger Gap