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Northstar Service Road 700 & Northstar Service Road 706 is a 15.8-mile out-and-back near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 2,943 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,080 – 7,533 ft · steepest grade: 29%16.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.21316, -120.19892
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA

Directions

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Northstar Service Road 700 & Northstar Service Road 706

15.8 mi · ▲ 2,943 ft · 6 hr 44 min

Elevation 6,080–7,535 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.21316, -120.19892

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.8 miBear right onto Deer Creek Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.4 miBear right onto Big Chief Trail (Upper), heading E.
  6. 2 miTurn left onto Sawtooth Spur, heading E.
  7. 250 ftContinue straight onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading N.
  8. 3.2 miBear right onto Northstar Service Road 706, heading NE.
  9. 0.4 miReach Northstar Service Road 700, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.4 miBear left onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading NW.
  11. 3.2 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Spur, heading NW.
  12. 250 ftTurn right onto Big Chief Trail (Upper), heading NW.
  13. 2 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 0.4 miTurn right onto Deer Creek Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  17. 0.8 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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