Sawtooth Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 208 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Sawtooth Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It is mostly level, with 208 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,247 – 6,421 ft3.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.26833, -120.19763
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA
Directions
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Sawtooth Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 208 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 6,248–6,423 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.26833, -120.19763
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Boulder Dash, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Stump Shot Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 200 ftBear right, heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Sawtooth Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Boulder Dash, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Northstar Service Road 700, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Lor Axe–Spaghetti, 3 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 433 ft
- Lor Axe & Schaeffer Creek Trail via Northstar Service Road 700 6.4 mi · ▲ 895 ft
- Bobbles 2.6 mi · ▲ 181 ft
- Sawtooth Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- Flying Dutchman via Bobbles 4.5 mi · ▲ 287 ft
- Northstar Service Road 700 2.4 mi · ▲ 165 ft
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