Flying Squirrel & Pooker's via Cinammon Twist
16.1 mi · ▲ 1,833 ft · 6 hr 17 min
Flying Squirrel & Pooker's via Cinammon Twist is a 16.1-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 1,833 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,893 – 7,123 ft · steepest grade: 17%17.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.38676, -120.25372
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA
Directions
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Flying Squirrel & Pooker's via Cinammon Twist
16.1 mi · ▲ 1,833 ft · 6 hr 17 min
Elevation 5,893–7,123 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.38676, -120.25372
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 3.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading W.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Pooker's, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto True Grit/Pooker's Connector, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sundance, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Cinammon Twist, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Flying Squirrel, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto True Grit, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Crazy Horse, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hastings, heading SW.
- 500 ftReach Pooker's, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Crazy Horse, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto True Grit, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Flying Squirrel, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Cinammon Twist, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sundance, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto True Grit/Pooker's Connector, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Pooker's, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Lion's Leap, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 3.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 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 6:49 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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