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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Big Chief Trail (Middle), heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Deer Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Western States Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Spur, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Western States Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Deer Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Big Chief Trail (Middle), heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 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
94% dirt6% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
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