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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Perimeter Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading S.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading SE.
- 2.1 miSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Boondocks, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Coaster, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Boondocks, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Coaster, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach Northstar Service Road 900, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear right onto Boondocks, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Coaster, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Boondocks, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading NW.
- 2.1 miTurn right onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto Perimeter Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 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°
Other ways to reach this destination
- 4 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
- 4.5 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
- 4.5 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
- 5.3 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
- 6.8 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
- 9.1 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
More from this trailhead
- Northstar Service Road 700 2.8 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Perimeter Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Northstar Service Road 700 5.6 mi · ▲ 684 ft
- Northstar Service Road 710 via Northstar Service Road 700 4.3 mi · ▲ 594 ft
- Northstar Service Road 700 3.7 mi · ▲ 249 ft
- Northstar Service Road 706 via Northstar Service Road 700 4.5 mi · ▲ 345 ft
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