Sawtooth Loop

9.7 mi · ▲ 549 ft · 3 hr 30 min

Sawtooth Loop is a 9.7-mile out-and-back near Pioneertown, CA. It climbs 549 ft. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,895 – 4,232 ft9.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.16152, -116.52887
Nearest town Pioneertown, CA

Directions

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Sawtooth Loop

9.7 mi · ▲ 549 ft · 3 hr 30 min

Elevation 3,893–4,233 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.16152, -116.52887

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:47 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.6 miSharp left onto Sawtooth Loop, heading E.
  3. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Aurora Drive, heading NE.
  4. 1.4 miSharp right, heading E.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Skyline Ranch Road, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  12. 0.7 miSharp left, heading NE.
  13. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Aurora Drive, heading W.
  14. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Loop, heading W.
  15. 1.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  16. 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.

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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