Poker Face & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road is a 5.7-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Chongo Boulder before reaching Poker Face at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 191 ft of elevation gain. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,042 – 4,236 ft6.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.04063, -116.18510
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Poker Face & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road
5.7 mi · ▲ 191 ft · 2 hr
Elevation 4,042–4,235 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.04063, -116.18510
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 99°F / low 78° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 1 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading S.
- 1.2 miPass Chongo Boulder.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 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.
- 150 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Mounds Approach, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 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
37% dirt63% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 99°F78°
Feels like81°Precip0%Wind4 mphUV9Humidity13%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue
99°76°
Wed
95°70°
Thu
99°78°
Fri
100°81°
Sat
99°82°
Sun
95°78°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:59 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Keys Ranch Road 2.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Fun Stuff via Keys Ranch Road 4.3 mi · ▲ 162 ft
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- Heart and Sole & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road 4.9 mi · ▲ 162 ft
- Pope's Crack & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road 5 mi · ▲ 162 ft
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