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Sports Challenge Rock–Entrance boulder, 4 rocks

4.6 mi · ▲ 258 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Sports Challenge Rock–Entrance boulder, 4 rocks is a 4.6-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Pretzel Rock and Entrance boulder before reaching Sports Challenge Rock at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 258 ft. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,062 – 4,265 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Playhouse approach 34.02236, -116.17331
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
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Sports Challenge Rock–Entrance boulder, 4 rocks

4.6 mi · ▲ 258 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 4,062–4,267 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Playhouse approach · 34.02236, -116.17331

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Hemingway-Playhouse Connector, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  3. 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
  4. 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 500 ftContinue straight onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading N.
  6. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  9. 1.2 miPass Pretzel Rock.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftPass Entrance boulder.
  12. 0.2 miReach Sports Challenge Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 1.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  15. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  17. 400 ftSharp left, heading N.
  18. 200 ftSharp right onto Hemingway-Playhouse Connector, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sports-challenge-rock-entrance-boulder-out-back-6-rocks

Trail surface

12% dirt1% paved87% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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