Poker Face & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road is a 4.7-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Chongo Boulder before reaching Poker Face at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 164 ft of elevation gain. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,101 – 4,236 ft5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02978, -116.17850
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Poker Face & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road
4.7 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 4,101–4,235 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.02978, -116.17850
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 98°F / low 74° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
- 0.8 miPass Chongo Boulder.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Mounds Approach, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Poker Face, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Poker Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Approach to Little Hunk Northeast Face, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Mounds Approach, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
57% dirt43% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 98°F74°
Feels like79°Precip1%Wind6 mphUV9Humidity14%
Hourly temperature
100°70°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Wed
95°68°
Thu
97°77°
Fri
99°81°
Sat
100°82°
Sun
95°79°
Mon
94°75°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~59 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Keys Ranch Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Dihedral Rock - Northeast Face & Dihedral Rock - Southwest Face via Quail Springs Historic Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 219 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 160 ft
- Chongo Boulder–Peyote Cracks - East, 3 cliffs 4.2 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Echo Rock & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road 4.3 mi · ▲ 371 ft
- Snickers North Face & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road 4.4 mi · ▲ 269 ft
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