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

5.2 mi · ▲ 269 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Mounds - Eff Eight–Mounds - Deep Throat, 3 cliffs is a 5.2-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, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 269 ft. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,072 – 4,305 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02456, -116.18054
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
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Mounds - Eff Eight–Mounds - Deep Throat, 3 cliffs

5.2 mi · ▲ 269 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 4,072–4,304 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.02456, -116.18054

Weather Aug 3: sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  3. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading NE.
  9. 0.8 miPass Chongo Boulder.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  13. 300 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading S.
  14. 500 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Mounds Approach, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Approach to Deep Throat, heading NE.
  18. 250 ftPass Mounds - Deep Throat.
  19. 100 ftReach Mounds - Eff Eight, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 350 ftBear right onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading E.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto Mounds Approach, heading E.
  22. 50 ftTurn left onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading E.
  24. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  25. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  26. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading SW.
  28. 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  29. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  31. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  32. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  33. 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  34. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  35. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mounds-eff-eight-mounds-deep-throat-out-back-3-cliffs-8-km

Trail surface

56% dirt44% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:58 AMSunset 7:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~67 min). Leave by 6:18 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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