Sawtooth Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 398 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Sawtooth Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 398 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,244 – 6,536 ft3.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.29768, -120.18028
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA
Directions
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Sawtooth Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 398 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Elevation 6,244–6,537 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.29768, -120.18028
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left onto Back-cut Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Sawyer Trail, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Springboard, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Sawtooth Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Ridgeline Nature Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawtooth Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Springboard, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Sawyer Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Back-cut Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Back-cut Trail & Splinter via Perimeter Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 806 ft
- Happy Face 3.3 mi · ▲ 290 ft
- Skidder–Timber Cruise Trail, 3 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 385 ft
- Happy Face Loop 5.4 mi · ▲ 478 ft
- Happy Face Loop 5.5 mi · ▲ 456 ft
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