Sawyer Trail–Timber Cruise Trail, 3 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 354 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Sawyer Trail–Timber Cruise Trail, 3 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 354 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,135 – 6,487 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Timber Cruise Trail 39.29583, -120.19603
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Sawyer Trail–Timber Cruise Trail, 3 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 354 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Elevation 6,136–6,487 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Timber Cruise Trail · 39.29583, -120.19603

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.5 miBear left onto Happy Face, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miSharp left onto Sawyer Trail, heading N.
  5. 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  8. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  9. 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left onto West Side Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.4 miReach Timber Cruise Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.3 miBear right onto Sawyer Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.9 miTurn left onto Timber Cruise Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.7 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Other ways to reach this destination

More from Timber Cruise Trail Trailhead