Chocolate Mountain Snowshoe or Hike

A yearly favorite hike of ours, conditions will determine our footwear (as well as the difficulty) for this wonderful hike up Chocolate Mountain in the Piper Mountains Wilderness. It is a seven mile round trip with 1,500' of elevation gain and loss - most of which is on an old, closed road. A true island in a sea of desert, Chocolate looks out over Deep Springs, Eureka and Fish Lake valleys. Meet at 8:30am at the Big Pine Campground at the junction of 168 and 395. Bring food and drink for the day, clothing for warm or cold, a pack to carry it all, and footwear appropriate to the conditions. Snowshoes maybe required and are not provided. We have a few pair of snowshoes to lend so if you need them for this trip you should contact us. If you don't let us know ahead of time that you need them none will be provided.

If it is snowy this will be a strenuous walk but it is an out-and-back so we can turn around anytime we want.

A map to the meeting place is here.

A map of the hike route is here:

You might also be interested in the panoramic movie from the top of Chocolate Mountain from one of last year's hikes. It's here