Figures on a Landscape–Solid Gold, 6 cliffs is a 7.2-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Chongo Boulder, Barker Pool and Figures on a Landscape before reaching Solid Gold at the turnaround, 3.6 miles in. It climbs 415 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,101 – 4,475 ft · steepest grade: 19%7.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02978, -116.17850
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Figures on a Landscape–Solid Gold, 6 cliffs
7.2 mi · ▲ 415 ft · 2 hr 36 min
Elevation 4,101–4,475 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.02978, -116.17850
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
- 0.8 miPass Chongo Boulder.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Mounds Approach, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NE.
- 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 NE.
- 0.8 miPass Solid Gold.
- 100 ftReach Figures on a Landscape, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Barker Dam Nature, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Mounds Approach, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
44% dirt56% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.6 mi in (~97 min). Leave by 4:49 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Old Lost Horse Road Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 188 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 4.7 mi · ▲ 186 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 4.5 mi · ▲ 219 ft
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