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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
  3. 2 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 500 ftContinue straight onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading S.
  6. 1.6 miTurn left onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading SE.
  7. 2.1 miSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto Boondocks, heading SW.
  10. 150 ftBear left onto Overland Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miBear right onto Boondocks, heading E.
  12. 250 ftContinue straight onto Coaster, heading E.
  13. 100 ftContinue straight onto Boondocks, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miBear left onto Coaster, heading S.
  15. 250 ftReach Northstar Service Road 900, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 250 ftBear right onto Boondocks, heading E.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Coaster, heading W.
  18. 100 ftContinue straight onto Boondocks, heading W.
  19. 300 ftBear left onto Overland Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.2 miBear right onto Boondocks, heading NW.
  21. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  22. 150 ftSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading W.
  23. 0.2 miSharp left onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading NW.
  24. 2.1 miTurn right onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading S.
  25. 1.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right onto Perimeter Trail, heading SW.
  27. 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°

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