Mount Watson Boulevard

9.5 mi · ▲ 2,442 ft · 4 hr 23 min

Mount Watson Boulevard is a 9.5-mile out-and-back near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 2,442 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,240 – 7,753 ft · steepest grade: 27%9.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24336, -120.18268
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA

Directions

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Mount Watson Boulevard

9.5 mi · ▲ 2,442 ft · 4 hr 23 min

Elevation 6,240–7,753 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.24336, -120.18268

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miBear left onto Big Chief Trail (Middle), heading S.
  3. 0.5 miSharp right, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miSharp left onto Deer Creek Trail, heading NE.
  6. 1.7 miTurn right onto Western States Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Spur, heading E.
  9. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  10. 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 300 ftBear left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  14. 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
  16. 0.7 miTurn right onto Western States Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left onto Deer Creek Trail, heading NE.
  18. 1.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  19. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 0.4 miSharp left onto Big Chief Trail (Middle), heading NE.
  21. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  22. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

94% dirt6% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM

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