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

  1. Start on Springboard, heading W.
  2. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miBear left onto Sawyer Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Back-cut Trail, heading SE.
  11. 150 ftSharp right onto Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
  12. 2.2 miContinue straight onto 2 Beavers & a Bear, heading S.
  13. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto Perimeter Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading NE.
  17. 1.6 miReach Back-cut Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 1.8 miTurn left onto Perimeter Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 50 ftBear right onto 2 Beavers & a Bear, heading N.
  21. 100 ftContinue straight onto Perimeter Trail, heading N.
  22. 2.2 miSharp left onto Back-cut Trail, heading N.
  23. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  24. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right onto Sawyer Trail, heading N.
  26. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  27. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  28. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  29. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  30. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  31. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  32. 50 ftTurn left onto Springboard, heading W.
  33. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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