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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 9.4-mile out-and-back near Gateway, CA. It climbs 1,291 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,896 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 21%9.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: East Perimeter Trail 39.34158, -120.20011
Nearest town Gateway, CA

Directions

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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

9.4 mi · ▲ 1,291 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Elevation 5,897–6,492 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: East Perimeter Trail · 39.34158, -120.20011

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start on East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
  2. 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading NW.
  3. 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading NW.
  4. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NE.
  6. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 250 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
  8. 1.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
  10. 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading S.
  14. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading S.
  15. 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
  16. 1.8 miArrive 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 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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