Lor Axe & Thompson Memorial Trail is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Martis Camp Conservation Easement near Polaris, CA. It climbs 2,041 ft. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,149 – 7,005 ft10.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27708, -120.12486
Nearest town Polaris, CA
Directions
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Lor Axe & Thompson Memorial Trail
10.6 mi · ▲ 2,041 ft · 4 hr 33 min
Elevation 6,148–7,005 ft
Out & Back · Martis Camp Conservation Easement
Trailhead: 39.27708, -120.12486
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 304 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Thompson Memorial Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Perimeter Trail, heading W.
- 3.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear right onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Lor Axe, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Thompson Memorial Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Perimeter Trail, heading N.
- 3.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Thompson Memorial Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.6 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
4% dirt96% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 304 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 9.4 mi · out & back · via Thompson Memorial Trail
- 11.6 mi · out & back · via Thompson Memorial Trail
- 14.1 mi · out & back · via Thompson Memorial Trail
- 14.7 mi · out & back · via Thompson Memorial Trail
- 14.9 mi · out & back · via Thompson Memorial Trail
- 16.1 mi · out & back · via Thompson Memorial Trail
- 16.1 mi · out & back · via Thompson Memorial Trail
- 16.1 mi · out & back · via Thompson Memorial Trail
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- Northstar Service Road 704–Schaeffer Creek Trail, 3 sights 14.2 mi · ▲ 2,611 ft
- Northstar Service Road 705 & Thompson Memorial Trail 14.4 mi · ▲ 2,617 ft
- Northstar Service Road 710 & Thompson Memorial Trail 12.1 mi · ▲ 2,360 ft
- Northstar Service Road 706 & Thompson Memorial Trail 12.3 mi · ▲ 2,160 ft
- Martis Creek Lake & Thompson Memorial Trail via Martis Valley Trail 14 mi · ▲ 1,340 ft
- Thompson Memorial Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 328 ft
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