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California
PONDEROSA CUTOFF
0.7 mi
Distance
386 ft
Gain
22 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Mendocino National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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PONDEROSA CUTOFF
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 386 ft
- Elevation loss
- 386 ft
- Highest point
- 3,894 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,669 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Ponderosa Cutoff is a 1.34-mile out-and-back trail in California with 386 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 3,894 feet.
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