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Snickers North Face & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road is a 5.4-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Chongo Boulder before reaching Snickers North Face at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 274 ft. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,042 – 4,318 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.04063, -116.18510
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Snickers North Face & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road

5.4 mi · ▲ 274 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation 4,042–4,316 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.04063, -116.18510

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 99°F / low 78° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 1 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading S.
  3. 1.2 miPass Chongo Boulder.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  6. 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
  7. 300 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading E.
  8. 450 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Mounds Approach, heading E.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading E.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Approach to Deep Throat, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading E.
  13. 200 ftReach Snickers North Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 200 ftTurn left onto Approach to Deep Throat, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading E.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Mounds Approach, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading SW.
  19. 500 ftBear right, heading W.
  20. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
  21. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading SW.
  23. 1.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  24. 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

39% dirt61% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 99°F78°
Feels like81°Precip0%Wind4 mphUV9Humidity13%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue 99°76°
Wed 95°70°
Thu 99°78°
Fri 100°81°
Sat 99°82°
Sun 95°78°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:59 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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