Coaster–Northstar Service Road 900, 3 sights is a 14.3-mile out-and-back in Martis Camp Conservation Easement near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 3,139 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,149 – 7,359 ft · steepest grade: 32%14.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27544, -120.15856
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA
Directions
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Coaster–Northstar Service Road 900, 3 sights
14.3 mi · ▲ 3,139 ft · 6 hr 20 min
Elevation 6,148–7,360 ft
Out & Back · Martis Camp Conservation Easement
Trailhead: 39.27544, -120.15856
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.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
- 2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftContinue 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 W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Boondocks, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Overland Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Boondocks, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Coaster, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Boondocks, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Coaster, heading S.
- 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 W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Boondocks, heading W.
- 300 ftBear left onto Overland Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Boondocks, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading NW.
- 2.1 miTurn right onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading S.
- 1.7 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Perimeter Trail, heading SW.
- 2.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
62% dirt38% 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
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
- 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
- 9.1 mi · out & back · via Northstar Service Road 700
More from this trailhead
- Martis Valley Trail 15.9 mi · ▲ 2,484 ft
- Martis Valley Trail 14.4 mi · ▲ 2,401 ft
- 2 Beavers & a Bear & Perimeter Trail 10.1 mi · ▲ 2,125 ft
- Tompkins Trail via Thompson Memorial Trail 14.1 mi · ▲ 2,378 ft
- Perimeter Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 1,332 ft
- Northstar Service Road 700 8.7 mi · ▲ 1,857 ft
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