Compass Skills Upper Loop–Flying Dutchman, 5 sights

6.4 mi · ▲ 272 ft · 2 hr 16 min

Compass Skills Upper Loop–Flying Dutchman, 5 sights is a 6.4-mile out-and-back near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 272 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,254 – 6,411 ft6.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Big Chief/Sawtooth Connector Trail 39.27017, -120.20129
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA

Directions

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Compass Skills Upper Loop–Flying Dutchman, 5 sights

6.4 mi · ▲ 272 ft · 2 hr 16 min

Elevation 6,255–6,412 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Big Chief/Sawtooth Connector Trail · 39.27017, -120.20129

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sawtooth Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miBear left onto Bobbles, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Bobbles, heading N.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left onto Flying Dutchman, heading N.
  6. 1 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Wood Splitter Jump Trail, heading NE.
  8. 250 ftContinue straight onto Sawtooth Trail, heading W.
  9. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  10. 150 ftTurn left onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miBear left onto Happy Face, heading N.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading N.
  14. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  15. 200 ftSharp left onto Compass Skills Upper Loop, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 100 ftSharp left onto Ridgeline Nature Loop, heading N.
  18. 50 ftReach Flying Dutchman, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 50 ftSharp right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading N.
  20. 150 ftTurn right onto Compass Skills Upper Loop, heading NE.
  21. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
  22. 200 ftSharp left onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading E.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Happy Face, heading E.
  24. 50 ftBear right onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading E.
  25. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  26. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  27. 100 ftSharp left onto Sawtooth Trail, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wood Splitter Jump Trail, heading SE.
  29. 250 ftTurn right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading S.
  30. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Flying Dutchman, heading S.
  31. 1 miTurn right onto Bobbles, heading SW.
  32. 0.7 miBear right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading SE.
  33. 50 ftTurn left onto Bobbles, heading SE.
  34. 50 ftBear right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading SE.
  35. 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 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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