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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Sawtooth Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wood Splitter Jump Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Skidder, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Happy Face, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Skidder, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Happy Face, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Compass Skills Upper Loop, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Ridgeline Nature Loop, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Timber Cruise Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawtooth Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Ridgeline Nature Loop, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Happy Face, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 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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