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Back-cut Trail & West Side Trail Loop via Happy Face

5.2 mi · ▲ 539 ft · 2 hr

Back-cut Trail & West Side Trail Loop via Happy Face is a 5.2-mile loop near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 539 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,332 – 6,657 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.30078, -120.17862
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA
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Back-cut Trail & West Side Trail Loop via Happy Face

5.2 mi · ▲ 539 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 6,334–6,658 ft

Loop

Trailhead: 39.30078, -120.17862

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftBear left onto West Side Trail, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Back-cut Trail, heading SW.
  5. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  7. 0.6 miBear left onto Happy Face, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  9. 0.5 miSharp left onto Sawtooth Trail, heading W.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wood Splitter Jump Trail, heading W.
  11. 250 ftTurn right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading SW.
  12. 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 1 miBear right, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Stump Shot Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.2 miBear left onto Back-cut Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto West Side Trail, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/back-cut-trail-west-side-trail-loop-7f3e

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM

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