Splinter & West Side Trail via Sawtooth Trail
7.8 mi · ▲ 909 ft · 3 hr 3 min
Splinter & West Side Trail via Sawtooth Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 909 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Splinter & West Side Trail via Sawtooth Trail
7.8 mi · ▲ 909 ft · 3 hr 3 min
Elevation 6,136–6,590 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Big Chief/Sawtooth Connector Trail · 39.27017, -120.20129
Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 72°F / low 45° · precip 2% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Sawtooth Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Bobbles, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Stump Shot Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Splinter, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Perimeter Trail, heading E.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto West Side Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miReach Splinter, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Perimeter Trail, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Splinter, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Stump Shot Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Sawtooth Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Bobbles, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sawtooth Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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