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Inyo County California Hiking Trails
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Located within the White Mountain Ranger District of the Inyo
National Forest, Piute Pass Trail travel up through a forest of
lodgepole pine and aspens before following the North Fork of
Bishop Creek. Climbing toward the cliffs of Piute Crags and Mt.
Emerson, Piute Pass Trail enters the high country above Loch
Leven. Reaching Piute Pass (11,423'), Piute Pass Trail then
drops into Humphreys Basin.
To reach Piute Pass Trailhead from Hwy 395 in Bishop
California, turn west onto Line Street (Hwy 168) and travel 18
miles to Lake Sabrina. Turn right at
the North Lake turnoff (Sabrina
Basin Trailhead). Piute Pass Trailhead parking is located by
North Lake, near the pack station, while the trailhead is about
0.5 miles farther in the North Lake Campground.
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