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Chimney Peak Road is a 23.7-kilometer (14.7-mile) long dirt road located in the Kern and Tulare counties of California. Chimney Peak Road southern terminus is on Highway 178, close to the small community of Canebrake, and the northern one is on Kennedy Meadows Road. It climbs almost a full kilometer from the first to the latter, rising from an altitude of 1,007 to 1,942 meters (3,304 to 6,371 feet) and reaching a maximum altitude of 2,006 meters (6,581 feet).

Such an elevation change means that Chimney Peak road crosses various climatic zones and ecosystems - from the semi-arid by Canebreak to the pine forests of Kennedy Meadows. Likewise, a traveller typically experiences noticeable temperature changes along it. Another interesting feature of Chimney Peak Road is that it intercepts the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail - a 4,270-kilometer (2,653-miles) hiking and equestrian trail that traverses the entire United States West from the Mexican border to to the Canadian one.

An experience driver - or rider - equipped with an off-road vehicle can cover Chimney Peak Road in 40 minutes or less. Therefore it is sometimes used by locals as a shortcut to connect to the communities dispersed along Kennedy Meadows and Blackrock; the paved loop via Highways 178, 14, 395 and Nine Mile Canyon Road is significantly longer, with a length of 72.6 kilometers (45.1 miles) and taking some 50 minutes to be covered. Chimney Peak Road as also known by alternative names, with the section between Highway 178 and the access to Chimney Creek Campground being called Canebreak Road - and the one from that point to Kennedy Meadows Road, Chimney Basin Road.

Video highlights (left/right/o'clock refer to rider's viewpoint):
00:00 - Starting from Chimney Peak Road southern terminus at Highway 178
00:21 - Crossing Canebreak Creek
00:27 - Parallel Mountain (1,848 meters / 6,063 feet) seen at one o'clock
05:13 - Crossing unnamed (dry) creek
05:52 - Access to source of Spanish Needle Creek on the right
06:40 - Quick pause to regroup
08:13 - Resuming ride
09:03 - Crossing over unnamed creek
09:40 - Lamont Peak (2,264 meters / 7,429 feet) seen on the right
11:00 - Crossing over unnamed creek
14:06 - Altitude 1,500 meters (4,921 feet)
16:39 - Lamont Peak (2,264 meters / 7,429 feet) seen ahead
18:36 - Crossing from Kern County to Tulare County
18:37 - Trail to Lamont Peak on the right
18:40 - Quick pause to regroup
19:02 - Resuming ride
20:06 - Crossing over unnamed creek
22:10 - Crossing over unnamed creek
23:35 - Crossing over unnamed creek
24:05 - Crossing over Chimney Creek
24:58 - Crossing over unnamed creek
26:04 - Chimney Basin Road, access to Long Valley Campground and Ken Volpe Memorial on the left
26:10 - Lamont Meadow on the right
26:34 - Crossing over unnamed creek
28:44 - Crossing over unnamed creek
29:42 - Crossing Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail
30:24 - Access to Chimney Peak Campground on the right
30:31 - Crossing over unnamed creek
31:09 - Crossing over unnamed creek
31:46 - Washboard starts
33:45 - Crossing over unnamed creek
35:14 - Crossing over unnamed creek
36:34 - Altitude 2,000 meters (6,562 feet)
36:41 - Washboard ends
37:02 - Chimney Peak Road maximum altitude: 2,006 meters (6,581 feet)
37:54 - Crossing over unnamed creek
38:33 - Crossing over unnamed creek
41:03 - Crossing over unnamed creek
41:29 - Arrival to Chimney Peak Road northern terminus at Kennedy Meadows Road

Recorded on June 18th, 2023.