Snickers North Face & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road is a 5-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Chongo Boulder before reaching Snickers North Face at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 258 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,085 – 4,318 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Quail Springs Historic Trail 34.02598, -116.18002
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Snickers North Face & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road
5 mi · ▲ 258 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 4,085–4,316 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Quail Springs Historic Trail · 34.02598, -116.18002
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 98°F / low 74° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
- 0.8 miPass Chongo Boulder.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Mounds Approach, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Approach to Deep Throat, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NE.
- 200 ftReach Snickers North Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Approach to Deep Throat, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mounds Approach, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 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
59% dirt41% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 98°F74°
Feels like79°Precip1%Wind6 mphUV9Humidity14%
Hourly temperature
100°70°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:44 PM
Wed
95°68°
Thu
97°77°
Fri
99°81°
Sat
100°82°
Sun
95°79°
Mon
94°75°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Quail Springs Historic Trail Trailhead
- Keys Ranch Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 160 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 3.7 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 3.8 mi · ▲ 187 ft
- Big Mo–Touch and Go Face, 3 cliffs 3.9 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Fun Stuff via Keys Ranch Road 4 mi · ▲ 188 ft
- Old Lost Horse Road Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 162 ft
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