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Perimeter Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Martis Camp Conservation Easement near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 1,133 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,244 – 7,005 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.27544, -120.15856
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA

Directions

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Perimeter Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 1,133 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Elevation 6,245–7,005 ft

Out & Back · Martis Camp Conservation Easement

Trailhead: 39.27544, -120.15856

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.6 miBear left onto Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
  3. 1.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 1.7 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.6 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

2% dirt98% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM

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