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Martis Valley Trail is a 15.9-mile out-and-back in Martis Camp Conservation Easement near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 2,484 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi5,827 – 7,005 ft · steepest grade: 20%16.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27544, -120.15856
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA

Directions

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Martis Valley Trail

15.9 mi · ▲ 2,484 ft · 6 hr 33 min

Elevation 5,826–7,005 ft

Out & Back · Martis Camp Conservation Easement

Trailhead: 39.27544, -120.15856

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.6 miBear left onto Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
  3. 2.4 miBear left onto Thompson Memorial Trail, heading N.
  4. 1.7 miSharp left, heading NW.
  5. 0.9 miSharp right onto Tompkins Trail, heading NE.
  6. 1.6 miTurn right onto Martis Valley Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 1 miTurn left onto Tompkins Trail, heading W.
  10. 1.6 miSharp left, heading SW.
  11. 0.9 miSharp right onto Thompson Memorial Trail, heading E.
  12. 1.7 miBear right, heading S.
  13. 2.4 miBear right, heading W.
  14. 0.4 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

19% dirt8% paved73% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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