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 Aug 3: Clear, high 99°F / low 77° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 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.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
44% dirt56% 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 3.6 mi in (~97 min). Leave by 5:48 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Keys Ranch Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Dihedral Rock - Northeast Face & Dihedral Rock - Southwest Face via Quail Springs Historic Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 219 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 160 ft
- Chongo Boulder–Peyote Cracks - East, 3 cliffs 4.2 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Echo Rock & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road 4.3 mi · ▲ 371 ft
- Snickers North Face & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road 4.4 mi · ▲ 269 ft
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