1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
2. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
3. 2.1 miSharp left onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading NE.
4. 1.4 miTurn left onto Willie's Wiggle, heading NW.
5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Andromeda, heading NE.
6. 0.2 miSharp left onto Everest, heading NE.
7. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Upper Mother Lode, heading N.
8. 150 ftTurn left onto Everest, heading NE.
9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Hastings, heading NE.
10. 500 ftContinue straight onto Crazy Horse, heading N.
11. 0.3 miBear left onto True Grit, heading SE.
12. 500 ftBear left onto Flying Squirrel, heading SE.
13. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
14. 0.3 miTurn left onto Cinammon Twist, heading NE.
15. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
16. 50 ftBear right onto Sundance, heading N.
17. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
18. 50 ftTurn left onto Lion's Leap, heading NE.
19. 0.2 miBear left onto Rawhide, heading N.
20. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Quickdraw, heading NE.
21. 0.2 miReach Everest, then turn around and head back the way you came.
22. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rawhide, heading W.
23. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lion's Leap, heading E.
25. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
26. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sundance, heading E.
28. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
29. 50 ftTurn left onto Cinammon Twist, heading E.
30. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
31. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
32. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Flying Squirrel, heading S.
33. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
34. 450 ftContinue straight onto True Grit, heading W.
35. 50 ftBear right onto Crazy Horse, heading NW.
36. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hastings, heading SW.
37. 500 ftContinue straight onto Everest, heading SW.
38. 0.4 miTurn right onto Upper Mother Lode, heading SW.
39. 150 ftContinue straight onto Everest, heading SW.
40. 0.5 miSharp right onto Andromeda, heading S.
41. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Willie's Wiggle, heading W.
42. 0.2 miTurn right onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading SW.
43. 1.4 miSharp right onto West Gatson Road, heading NW.
44. 2.1 miBear left, heading N.
45. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cinammon-twist-out-back