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
- Start on Sawtooth Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Bobbles, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Bobbles, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Flying Dutchman, heading N.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Wood Splitter Jump Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Sawtooth Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Happy Face, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Compass Skills Upper Loop, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Ridgeline Nature Loop, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Flying Dutchman, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Compass Skills Upper Loop, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Happy Face, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Sawtooth Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wood Splitter Jump Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Flying Dutchman, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right onto Bobbles, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bobbles, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading SE.
- 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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