Alta Trail

Alta Trail: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Alta Trail

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Alta Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.57559, -118.71813. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Alta Trail

• Tharp's Log · attraction · Tulare · ~3 km · Must-see
• General Sherman Tree · attraction · Tulare · ~4 km · Must-see
• Cattle Cabin · attraction · Tulare · ~4 km · Must-see
• Crescent Meadow · lake · Esmeralda · ~4 km · Must-see
• Alta Peak · viewpoint · Esmeralda · ~6 km · Must-see
• Moro Rock · viewpoint · Tulare · ~7 km · Must-see
• Marble Falls Trail, Sequoia · waterfall · Esmeralda · ~12 km · Must-see
• Twin Peaks · viewpoint · Tulare · ~12 km · Must-see
• Milk Ranch Peak · viewpoint · Esmeralda · ~15 km · Must-see
• Jennie Lakes Wilderness · sanctuary · Tulare · ~18 km · Must-see
• Lilliput Glacier · viewpoint · Esmeralda · ~19 km · Must-see
• Kaweah Gap · viewpoint · Esmeralda · ~19 km · Must-see
• High Sierra Trail · trek · Tulare · ~19 km · Must-see
• Sequoia National Park · sanctuary · Tulare · ~19 km · Must-see
• Lion Rock · viewpoint · Tulare · ~20 km · Must-see
• Triple Divide Peak · viewpoint · Tulare · ~21 km · Must-see
• Triple Divide Pass · viewpoint · Esmeralda · ~22 km · Must-see
• Sawtooth Pass · viewpoint · Esmeralda · ~24 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Alta Trail

Other treks near Alta Trail

• High Sierra Trail · trek · Tulare · ~19 km · Must-see
• Silver Knapsack Trail · trek · Tulare · ~48 km · Must-see
• Theodore Solomons Trail · trek · Fresno · ~65 km · Must-see
• John Muir Trail · trek · Fresno · ~92 km · Must-see
• Mount Whitney Trail · trek · Inyo · ~50 km
• PCT - California Section G · trek · Tulare · ~89 km
• PCT - California Section H · trek · Fresno · ~91 km
• Wolverton Cutoff Trail · trek · Tulare · ~2 km
• Panther Gap Trail · trek · Tulare · ~2 km
• Giant Forest-Alta Trail · trek · Tulare · ~3 km

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