Crosscut Trail–Gentle Jeffery Trail, 5 sights
3.6 mi · ▲ 409 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Crosscut Trail–Gentle Jeffery Trail, 5 sights is a 3.6-mile out-and-back near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 409 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,165 – 6,585 ft4.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31532, -120.19313
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA
Directions
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Crosscut Trail–Gentle Jeffery Trail, 5 sights
3.6 mi · ▲ 409 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Elevation 6,165–6,585 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.31532, -120.19313
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading SE.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Happy Face, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Skidder, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Happy Face, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Skidder, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Wood Splitter Jump Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wood Splitter Jump Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Gentle Jeffery Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Crosscut Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Gentle Jeffery Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Ridgeline Nature Loop, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM
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