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
- Start on North Fork, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pony Express, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto North Fork, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cinammon Twist, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto White Lightning, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Wild West, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cinammon Twist, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sundance Cutoff, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cinammon Twist, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left onto True Grit, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Sundance Cutoff, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Sundance, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear right onto Firewalker, heading SW.
- 1.3 miSharp right onto Fool's Gold, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto South Euer Valley Road, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Fool's Gold, heading SW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Coyote Creek, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sidewinder, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Cinammon Twist, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Coyote Creek, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Fool's Gold, heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto South Euer Valley Road, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Fool's Gold, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Firewalker, heading NE.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Sundance, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Sundance Cutoff, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left onto True Grit, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Cinammon Twist, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left onto Sundance Cutoff, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cinammon Twist, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Wild West, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto White Lightning, heading E.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Cinammon Twist, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto North Fork, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Pony Express, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto North Fork, heading E.
- 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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- Broken Spoke–East Perimeter Trail, 4 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 399 ft
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