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Mounds - Eff Eight–Mounds - Deep Throat, 3 cliffs is a 2.7-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Chongo Boulder and Mounds - Eff Eight before reaching Mounds - Deep Throat at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 139 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,147 – 4,305 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Keys Ranch Road 34.03362, -116.16705
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Mounds - Eff Eight–Mounds - Deep Throat, 3 cliffs

2.7 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 58 min

Elevation 4,148–4,304 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Keys Ranch Road · 34.03362, -116.16705

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 99°F / low 78° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Keys Ranch Road, heading SE.
  2. 0.8 miPass Chongo Boulder.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  6. 300 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading E.
  7. 500 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Mounds Approach, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Approach to Deep Throat, heading NE.
  11. 350 ftReach Mounds - Eff Eight, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 50 ftPass Mounds - Deep Throat.
  13. 350 ftBear right onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto Mounds Approach, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SW.
  17. 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
  18. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
  19. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading SW.
  21. 0.9 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

77% dirt23% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 99°F78°
Feels like80°Precip0%Wind4 mphUV9Humidity13%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue 98°75°
Wed 95°69°
Thu 98°78°
Fri 99°81°
Sat 99°81°
Sun 95°78°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 6:50 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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