Bobbles–Compass Skills Upper Loop, 7 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 468 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Bobbles–Compass Skills Upper Loop, 7 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 468 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,168 – 6,582 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Springboard 39.31302, -120.18908
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA

Directions

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Bobbles–Compass Skills Upper Loop, 7 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 468 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Elevation 6,167–6,583 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. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 200 ftTurn left onto Sawtooth Trail, heading S.
  4. 200 ftTurn right onto Compass Skills Upper Loop, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
  6. 200 ftSharp left onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading S.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Happy Face, heading W.
  8. 50 ftBear right onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 100 ftSharp left onto Sawtooth Trail, heading S.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wood Splitter Jump Trail, heading S.
  13. 250 ftTurn right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading S.
  14. 1.5 miTurn left onto Bobbles, heading NE.
  15. 0.9 miTurn left onto Skidder, heading N.
  16. 200 ftContinue straight onto Happy Face, heading N.
  17. 50 ftSharp right onto Skidder, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miBear left onto Happy Face, heading NE.
  19. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftSharp left onto Compass Skills Upper Loop, heading NE.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 200 ftTurn left onto Springboard, heading NW.
  24. 0.2 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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