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
- Start on Springboard, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Sawtooth Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Compass Skills Upper Loop, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Happy Face, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Skidder, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Happy Face, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear left onto Happy Face, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 500 ftSharp right onto Ridgeline Nature Loop, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Springboard, heading NW.
- 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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