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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miBear right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading SE.
  5. 300 ftContinue straight onto Happy Face, heading S.
  6. 0.9 miBear right onto Skidder, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miSharp left onto Happy Face, heading S.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Skidder, heading SE.
  9. 200 ftTurn right onto Wood Splitter Jump Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Trail, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wood Splitter Jump Trail, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Gentle Jeffery Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.7 miTurn right onto Crosscut Trail, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Gentle Jeffery Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miBear right onto Ridgeline Nature Loop, heading N.
  16. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  17. 300 ftTurn right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  19. 0.3 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM

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