Route profile
- Bidirectional
- Yes
- Distance basis
- sum of reviewed USGS source-field lengthmiles values
- Map role
- principal Rock Creek hiking route
- Name
- Hilton Lakes Trail
- One way distance miles from source features
- 4.08534229
- Sampled elevation profile
- Approximate cumulative gain ft
- 770
- Approximate cumulative loss ft
- 530
- End elevation ft
- 10107
- Gain loss method
- sum of consecutive USGS 3DEP samples along reviewed route geometry
- Maximum elevation ft
- 10377
- Minimum elevation ft
- 9842
- Precision
- approximate
- Sample count
- 67
- Sample spacing meters
- 100
- Start elevation ft
- 9862
Evidence and sources (2)
Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details
The official Rock Creek Area Trails map depicts Rock Creek Road, the Palisade, East Fork, Pine Grove, Upper Pine Grove, Rock Creek Lake, and Tamarack developed corridor, three upper-canyon trailheads, John Muir Wilderness, and named Little Lakes, Mono Pass, Tamarack Lakes, and Hilton Creek/Lakes routes. It also labels the lakes and passes associated with those routes.
Observation details · Source details · Original source: USDA Forest Service, Inyo National Forest
Recorded artifact references
Rock Creek Area Trails, one-page map
References are not a confirmation of current availability.
Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details
Wayproof sampled each reviewed Rock Creek route geometry at approximately 100-meter intervals against the USGS 3DEP elevation service. Cumulative gain and loss are sums between samples and are approximate rather than surveyed or source-published trail values.
Observation details · Source details · Original source: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program
Recorded artifact references
geometry/v0/snapshots/usgs-rock-creek-principal-routes-20260923.geojson
References are not a confirmation of current availability.