Happy Face Loop

5.4 mi · ▲ 478 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Happy Face Loop is a 5.4-mile loop near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 478 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,359 – 6,657 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.29768, -120.18028
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA

Directions

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Happy Face Loop

5.4 mi · ▲ 478 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Elevation 6,357–6,658 ft

Loop

Trailhead: 39.29768, -120.18028

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  3. 250 ftBear left onto Back-cut Trail, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 0.6 miBear left onto Happy Face, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  7. 0.5 miSharp left onto Sawtooth Trail, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wood Splitter Jump Trail, heading SW.
  9. 300 ftTurn right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading SW.
  10. 1.5 miTurn left onto Bobbles, heading NE.
  11. 0.9 miTurn right onto Skidder, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Stump Shot Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miBear left onto Back-cut Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
  15. 250 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miThe 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 surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM

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