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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Sawtooth Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wood Splitter Jump Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Bobbles, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Sawtooth Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Stump Shot Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Splinter, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Perimeter Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 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 miBear right onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Northstar Service Road 710, heading S.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Cena Lar Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 2.9 miBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left onto Big Chief Trail (Upper), heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto 116 Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Bobbles, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Big Chief Trail (Upper), heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left onto Cena Lar Trail, heading NW.
- 3.3 miSharp left onto Northstar Service Road 710, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Perimeter Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto 2 Beavers & a Bear, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Perimeter Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Splinter, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Stump Shot Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Sawtooth Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Bobbles, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Wood Splitter Jump Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- 2 Beavers & a Bear & Flying Dutchman via Bobbles 4.4 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Little Chief–North Pass, 4 sights 9.4 mi · ▲ 963 ft
- Sawyer Trail–Timber Cruise Trail, 3 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 354 ft
- Bobbles–Flying Dutchman Loop, 4 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 332 ft
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