Martis Valley Trail is a 14.4-mile out-and-back in Martis Camp Conservation Easement near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 2,401 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi5,830 – 7,005 ft · steepest grade: 19%14.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27544, -120.15856
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA
Directions
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Martis Valley Trail
14.4 mi · ▲ 2,401 ft · 6 hr
Elevation 5,831–7,005 ft
Out & Back · Martis Camp Conservation Easement
Trailhead: 39.27544, -120.15856
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
- 2.4 miBear left onto Thompson Memorial Trail, heading N.
- 1.7 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Tompkins Trail, heading NE.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Martis Valley Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Tompkins Trail, heading W.
- 1.6 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Thompson Memorial Trail, heading E.
- 1.7 miBear right, heading S.
- 2.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 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
17% dirt3% paved80% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 4.2 mi · loop · via Martis Valley Trail
- 5 mi · out & back · via Martis Valley Trail
- 5.5 mi · out & back · via Martis Valley Trail
- 6 mi · out & back · via Martis Valley Trail
- 6.3 mi · out & back · via Martis Valley Trail
- 6.3 mi · out & back · via Martis Valley Trail
More from this trailhead
- Martis Valley Trail 15.9 mi · ▲ 2,484 ft
- 2 Beavers & a Bear & Perimeter Trail 10.1 mi · ▲ 2,125 ft
- Tompkins Trail via Thompson Memorial Trail 14.1 mi · ▲ 2,378 ft
- Perimeter Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 1,332 ft
- Coaster–Northstar Service Road 900, 3 sights 14.3 mi · ▲ 3,139 ft
- Northstar Service Road 700 8.7 mi · ▲ 1,857 ft
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