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Backside Cutoff–Bad Manor, 5 sights is a 9.2-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 1,347 ft. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,940 – 3,750 ft10.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.08971, -116.25881
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Backside Cutoff–Bad Manor, 5 sights

9.2 mi · ▲ 1,347 ft · 3 hr 44 min

Elevation 2,941–3,749 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.08971, -116.25881

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 450 ftTurn right onto North Side Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto North Canyon Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Burro Loop Access Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.5 miBear right onto Burro Loop Trail, heading N.
  6. 1.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Backside Cutoff, heading NW.
  11. 250 ftTurn left onto Bad Manor, heading NW.
  12. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  13. 100 ftContinue straight onto Good Manor, heading W.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  15. 400 ftSharp right onto Spike's Run, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miBear right onto Bad Manor, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Spike's Run, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  21. 0.5 miSharp left onto Burro Loop Trail, heading NE.
  22. 2.5 miSharp right onto Rocky View Trail, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftTurn left onto Burro Loop Trail, heading SW.
  24. 0.4 miTurn left onto Burro Loop Access Trail, heading S.
  25. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right onto North Canyon Trail, heading SW.
  27. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  28. 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
  29. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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