Compass Skills Upper Loop–Happy Face Loop, 6 sights

3 mi · ▲ 325 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Compass Skills Upper Loop–Happy Face Loop, 6 sights is a 3-mile loop near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 325 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,250 – 6,585 ft3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Timber Cruise Trail 39.29583, -120.19603
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA

Directions

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Compass Skills Upper Loop–Happy Face Loop, 6 sights

3 mi · ▲ 325 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Elevation 6,249–6,585 ft

Loop

Trailhead: Timber Cruise Trail · 39.29583, -120.19603

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 150 ftSharp left onto Sawtooth Trail, heading E.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wood Splitter Jump Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left onto Skidder, heading NW.
  5. 250 ftContinue straight onto Happy Face, heading N.
  6. 50 ftSharp right onto Skidder, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miBear left onto Happy Face, heading N.
  8. 0.7 miSharp right, heading N.
  9. 50 ftSharp left onto Compass Skills Upper Loop, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 100 ftSharp left onto Ridgeline Nature Loop, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftReach Timber Cruise Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawtooth Trail, heading NE.
  14. 150 ftContinue straight onto Ridgeline Nature Loop, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  16. 500 ftTurn right onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading W.
  17. 350 ftContinue straight onto Happy Face, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 0.7 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

94% dirt6% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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