Coaster & Tell No Tales via Northstar Service Road 900 is a 2.4-mile out-and-back near Ponderosa Fairway Estates, CA. It climbs 742 ft, with sections as steep as 40% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,847 – 7,635 ft · steepest grade: 40%2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27152, -120.13231
Nearest town Ponderosa Fairway Estates, CA
Directions
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Coaster & Tell No Tales via Northstar Service Road 900
2.4 mi · ▲ 742 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Elevation 6,846–7,635 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.27152, -120.13231
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading S.
- 500 ftBear left onto Coaster, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Livewire, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Coaster, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Boondocks, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Tell No Tales, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Northstar Service Road 900, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 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
73% dirt27% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
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- Northstar Service Road 900 4.7 mi · ▲ 627 ft
- Mount Pluto–Coaster, 3 sights 10 mi · ▲ 2,336 ft
- Boondocks–Coaster, 4 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 968 ft
- Boondocks–Coaster Loop, 5 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 879 ft
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