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.
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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
- Start on Keys Ranch Road, heading SE.
- 0.8 miPass Chongo Boulder.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 300 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Mounds Approach, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Approach to Deep Throat, heading NE.
- 350 ftReach Mounds - Eff Eight, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass Mounds - Deep Throat.
- 350 ftBear right onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mounds Approach, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading SW.
- 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.
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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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Keys Ranch Road Trailhead
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- Keys Ranch Road 2.7 mi · ▲ 79 ft
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