Broken Spoke & Quickdraw

16 mi · ▲ 1,808 ft · 6 hr 14 min

Broken Spoke & Quickdraw is a 16-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 1,808 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi5,893 – 6,788 ft · steepest grade: 22%17.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.38676, -120.25372
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA

Directions

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Broken Spoke & Quickdraw

16 mi · ▲ 1,808 ft · 6 hr 14 min

Elevation 5,893–6,787 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.38676, -120.25372

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 450 ftSharp right, heading E.
  5. 3.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  7. 1.2 miBear right, heading S.
  8. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  9. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  12. 350 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  13. 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  15. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  21. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  22. 50 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading W.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  24. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  25. 200 ftBear right onto Rawhide, heading NW.
  26. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  27. 0.1 miTurn right onto Quickdraw, heading W.
  28. 0.4 miTurn right onto Broken Spoke, heading SW.
  29. 400 ftBear left onto Crabtree Road, heading NW.
  30. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  31. 100 ftSharp right onto Broken Spoke, heading SW.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left onto Alder Creek Road, heading NW.
  33. 250 ftReach Quickdraw, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  34. 250 ftTurn right onto Broken Spoke, heading W.
  35. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  36. 100 ftTurn right onto Crabtree Road, heading S.
  37. 0.2 miBear right onto Broken Spoke, heading SW.
  38. 400 ftTurn left onto Quickdraw, heading N.
  39. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  40. 0.1 miSharp left onto Rawhide, heading E.
  41. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  42. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  43. 50 ftTurn left onto Lion's Leap, heading S.
  44. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  45. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  46. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  47. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  48. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  49. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  50. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  51. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  52. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  53. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  54. 250 ftSharp right, heading E.
  55. 350 ftBear right, heading E.
  56. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  57. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  58. 0.9 miBear right, heading SE.
  59. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  60. 1.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  61. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  62. 3.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  63. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  64. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  65. 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 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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