Cinammon Twist–Firewalker, 3 sights

5.7 mi · ▲ 941 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Cinammon Twist–Firewalker, 3 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 941 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,523 – 6,926 ft6.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: North Fork 39.36894, -120.25468
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA

Directions

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Cinammon Twist–Firewalker, 3 sights

5.7 mi · ▲ 941 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Elevation 6,522–6,928 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: North Fork · 39.36894, -120.25468

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

  1. Start on North Fork, heading N.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pony Express, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto North Fork, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Cinammon Twist, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftSharp right onto White Lightning, heading SW.
  7. 400 ftTurn right onto Wild West, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Cinammon Twist, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sundance Cutoff, heading N.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Cinammon Twist, heading N.
  11. 450 ftTurn left onto True Grit, heading NW.
  12. 350 ftTurn right onto Sundance Cutoff, heading NW.
  13. 350 ftTurn left onto Sundance, heading SW.
  14. 500 ftBear right onto Firewalker, heading SW.
  15. 1.3 miSharp right onto Fool's Gold, heading W.
  16. 0.5 miContinue straight onto South Euer Valley Road, heading W.
  17. 250 ftContinue straight onto Fool's Gold, heading SW.
  18. 500 ftContinue straight onto Coyote Creek, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sidewinder, heading N.
  20. 0.4 miReach Cinammon Twist, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Coyote Creek, heading N.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Fool's Gold, heading S.
  23. 450 ftContinue straight onto South Euer Valley Road, heading S.
  24. 250 ftContinue straight onto Fool's Gold, heading S.
  25. 0.5 miSharp left onto Firewalker, heading NE.
  26. 1.3 miBear left onto Sundance, heading E.
  27. 500 ftTurn right onto Sundance Cutoff, heading E.
  28. 350 ftTurn left onto True Grit, heading E.
  29. 300 ftTurn right onto Cinammon Twist, heading NE.
  30. 450 ftBear left onto Sundance Cutoff, heading E.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cinammon Twist, heading E.
  32. 50 ftTurn right onto Wild West, heading E.
  33. 50 ftTurn left onto White Lightning, heading E.
  34. 450 ftSharp left onto Cinammon Twist, heading E.
  35. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  36. 50 ftTurn right onto North Fork, heading NE.
  37. 50 ftBear right onto Pony Express, heading E.
  38. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Fork, heading E.
  39. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM

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