Big Mo–Touch and Go Face, 3 cliffs is a 3.9-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Big Mo and Echo Cove before reaching Touch and Go Face at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 135 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,085 – 4,223 ft4.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Quail Springs Historic Trail 34.02598, -116.18002
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Big Mo–Touch and Go Face, 3 cliffs
3.9 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 4,085–4,223 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Quail Springs Historic Trail · 34.02598, -116.18002
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 99°F / low 77° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Echo Cove.
- 50 ftPass Touch and Go Face.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Big Mo, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 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
62% dirt38% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 99°F77°
Feels like83°Precip0%Wind11 mphUV9Humidity16%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue
97°74°
Wed
94°68°
Thu
98°78°
Fri
99°81°
Sat
99°81°
Sun
95°78°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 7:12 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:12 PM — 0 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Keys Ranch Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 160 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 3.7 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 3.8 mi · ▲ 187 ft
- Fun Stuff via Keys Ranch Road 4 mi · ▲ 188 ft
- Old Lost Horse Road Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 162 ft
- Chongo Boulder & Keys Ranch Road 4.5 mi · ▲ 188 ft
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