Figures on a Landscape–Solid Gold, 6 cliffs is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Heart and Sole, Pope's Crack, Barker Pool and Figures on a Landscape before reaching Solid Gold at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 368 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Figures on a Landscape–Solid Gold, 6 cliffs
3.5 mi · ▲ 368 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 4,197–4,475 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.02527, -116.15649
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 98°F / low 77° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Heart and Sole.
- 400 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Pope's Crack.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Mounds Approach, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Barker Dam Nature, heading E.
- 350 ftPass Barker Pool.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Astrodome Approach Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miPass Solid Gold.
- 50 ftReach Figures on a Landscape, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Barker Dam Nature, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Mounds Approach, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~50 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Pope's Crack–Heart and Sole, 4 cliffs 1.9 mi · ▲ 193 ft
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