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Coaster–Northstar Service Road 900, 3 sights is an 11.3-mile out-and-back near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 1,943 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,053 – 7,359 ft · steepest grade: 24%11.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27850, -120.16496
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA

Directions

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Coaster–Northstar Service Road 900, 3 sights

11.3 mi · ▲ 1,943 ft · 4 hr 44 min

Elevation 6,054–7,360 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.27850, -120.16496

Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 74°F / low 42° · precip 2% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.9 miSharp left onto Perimeter Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading S.
  5. 1.6 miTurn left onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading SE.
  6. 2.1 miSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  8. 150 ftTurn right onto Boondocks, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Coaster, heading SE.
  10. 100 ftContinue straight onto Boondocks, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miBear left onto Coaster, heading SE.
  12. 250 ftReach Northstar Service Road 900, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 250 ftBear right onto Boondocks, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Coaster, heading NW.
  15. 100 ftContinue straight onto Boondocks, heading W.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 150 ftSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miSharp left onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading NW.
  19. 2.1 miTurn right onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading S.
  20. 1.8 miTurn left onto Perimeter Trail, heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  22. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

84% dirt16% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 74°F42°
Precip2%Wind9 mphUV6Humidity23%
Hourly temperature
75°40°
Sunrise 6:47 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 7:03 PM
Mon 76°52°
Tue 79°48°
Wed 79°50°
Thu 75°50°
Fri 74°46°
Sat 75°46°

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