116 Road–2 Beavers & a Bear, 7 sights

16.1 mi · ▲ 3,353 ft · 7 hr 3 min

116 Road–2 Beavers & a Bear, 7 sights is a 16.1-mile out-and-back near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 3,353 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,129 – 7,720 ft · steepest grade: 28%17.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Timber Cruise Trail 39.29583, -120.19603
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA

Directions

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116 Road–2 Beavers & a Bear, 7 sights

16.1 mi · ▲ 3,353 ft · 7 hr 3 min

Elevation 6,130–7,722 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Timber Cruise Trail · 39.29583, -120.19603

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 150 ftSharp left onto Sawtooth Trail, heading E.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wood Splitter Jump Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miSharp right onto Bobbles, heading S.
  5. 0.9 miTurn left onto Sawtooth Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.8 miBear left onto Stump Shot Trail, heading E.
  7. 250 ftContinue straight onto Splinter, heading E.
  8. 150 ftTurn right onto Perimeter Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto 2 Beavers & a Bear, heading S.
  10. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Perimeter Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miBear right onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading SE.
  14. 450 ftTurn left onto Northstar Service Road 710, heading S.
  15. 0.8 miSharp right onto Cena Lar Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  17. 2.9 miBear right, heading S.
  18. 250 ftBear left onto Big Chief Trail (Upper), heading S.
  19. 0.4 miBear right onto 116 Road, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miReach Bobbles, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.1 miBear left onto Big Chief Trail (Upper), heading SE.
  22. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  23. 250 ftBear left onto Cena Lar Trail, heading NW.
  24. 3.3 miSharp left onto Northstar Service Road 710, heading NW.
  25. 0.8 miTurn right onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading SE.
  26. 500 ftBear left, heading NE.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left onto Perimeter Trail, heading E.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftBear right onto 2 Beavers & a Bear, heading N.
  30. 150 ftContinue straight onto Perimeter Trail, heading NE.
  31. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  32. 150 ftContinue straight onto Splinter, heading W.
  33. 50 ftContinue straight onto Stump Shot Trail, heading W.
  34. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
  35. 350 ftContinue straight onto Sawtooth Trail, heading SW.
  36. 0.8 miTurn right onto Bobbles, heading NW.
  37. 0.9 miSharp left onto Wood Splitter Jump Trail, heading N.
  38. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Trail, heading N.
  39. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  40. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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