Snickers North Face & Barker Dam Nature
2.1 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 45 min
Snickers North Face & Barker Dam Nature is a 2.1-mile out-and-back near Smoke Tree, CA. The route reaches Snickers North Face at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 112 ft of elevation gain. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Snickers North Face & Barker Dam Nature
2.1 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 45 min
Elevation 4,222–4,316 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.02509, -116.14165
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 98°F / low 78° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Wall Street Mill Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Nature, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Mounds Approach, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Approach to Deep Throat, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading E.
- 200 ftReach Snickers North Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Approach to Deep Throat, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mounds Approach, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Barker Dam Nature, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wall Street Mill Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:21 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:04 PM — 8 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Little Hunk - Northeast Face & Barker Dam Nature 1.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Poker Face & Barker Dam Nature 2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Mounds - Eff Eight–Mounds - Deep Throat, 3 cliffs 2.1 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Little Hunk - West Face (Trespasser's Wall)–Barker Dam Nature, 3 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Wall Street Mill Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Figures on a Landscape–Solid Gold, 5 cliffs 2.3 mi · ▲ 226 ft
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