Wanderlust Tours
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Ponderosa Rim
Oregon
Oregon
Free — you'll pick up right here.
1.6 mi
Distance
266 ft
Gain
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What we do know
Inside Deschutes National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
In the Newberry forecast zone
Avalanche danger ratings feed from avalanche.org when the center is forecasting.
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What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Ponderosa Rim
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 561 ft
- Elevation loss
- 561 ft
- Highest point
- 6,341 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,067 ft
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About this route
Ponderosa Rim is a short out-and-back trail in Oregon managed by the Forest Service. The trail is 1.60 miles and gains 3 feet of elevation, with 295 feet of elevation loss on the return.
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