Compass Skills Upper Loop–Happy Face, 3 sights

3.1 mi · ▲ 377 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Compass Skills Upper Loop–Happy Face, 3 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 377 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,168 – 6,569 ft3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Springboard 39.31302, -120.18908
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA

Directions

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Compass Skills Upper Loop–Happy Face, 3 sights

3.1 mi · ▲ 377 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Elevation 6,167–6,567 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Springboard · 39.31302, -120.18908

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Springboard, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 200 ftTurn left onto Sawtooth Trail, heading S.
  4. 200 ftTurn right onto Compass Skills Upper Loop, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftSharp left onto Happy Face, heading SE.
  7. 0.7 miBear right onto Skidder, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miSharp right onto Happy Face, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 0.6 miSharp right onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading NW.
  11. 500 ftBear left onto Happy Face, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading NW.
  13. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  14. 500 ftSharp right onto Ridgeline Nature Loop, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Trail, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 200 ftTurn left onto Springboard, heading NW.
  18. 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

94% dirt6% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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