2 Beavers & a Bear & Back-cut Trail via Northstar Service Road 700
11.2 mi · ▲ 1,792 ft · 4 hr 38 min
2 Beavers & a Bear & Back-cut Trail via Northstar Service Road 700 is an 11.2-mile out-and-back near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 1,792 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,129 – 6,713 ft12.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Springboard 39.31302, -120.18908
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA
Directions
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2 Beavers & a Bear & Back-cut Trail via Northstar Service Road 700
11.2 mi · ▲ 1,792 ft · 4 hr 38 min
Elevation 6,130–6,713 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Springboard · 39.31302, -120.18908
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Springboard, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Sawyer Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Back-cut Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
- 2.2 miContinue straight onto 2 Beavers & a Bear, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Perimeter Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading NE.
- 1.6 miReach Back-cut Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto Perimeter Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto 2 Beavers & a Bear, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Perimeter Trail, heading N.
- 2.2 miSharp left onto Back-cut Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Sawyer Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Springboard, heading W.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 4.1 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
- 4 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
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