Sawyer Trail & West Side Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 269 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Sawyer Trail & West Side Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 269 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,135 – 6,319 ft3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Springboard 39.31302, -120.18908
Nearest town Ponderosa Palisades, CA
Directions
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Sawyer Trail & West Side Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 269 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Elevation 6,136–6,320 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Springboard · 39.31302, -120.18908
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Springboard, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Sawyer Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto West Side Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Sawyer Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Sawyer Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Springboard, heading N.
- 0.7 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 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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