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Thompson Memorial Trail is a 15.8-mile out-and-back in Martis Camp Conservation Easement near Ponderosa Fairway Estates, CA. It climbs 2,865 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi5,876 – 7,005 ft · steepest grade: 15%16.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.28396, -120.14255
Nearest town Ponderosa Fairway Estates, CA

Directions

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Thompson Memorial Trail

15.8 mi · ▲ 2,865 ft · 6 hr 42 min

Elevation 5,878–7,005 ft

Out & Back · Martis Camp Conservation Easement

Trailhead: 39.28396, -120.14255

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Tompkins Trail, heading E.
  4. 1 miSharp right onto Thompson Memorial Trail, heading SE.
  5. 1.7 miBear right, heading S.
  6. 4.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  8. 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 350 ftBear left, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Perimeter Trail, heading N.
  11. 4.4 miBear left onto Thompson Memorial Trail, heading SW.
  12. 1.7 miSharp left, heading E.
  13. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Tompkins Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  16. 0.3 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

11% dirt89% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM

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