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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is an 11.5-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Gateway, CA. It climbs 1,720 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi5,896 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 23%12.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Euer Valley Road 39.33489, -120.19612
Nearest town Gateway, CA

Directions

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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

11.5 mi · ▲ 1,720 ft · 4 hr 42 min

Elevation 5,897–6,492 ft

Out & Back · Pineforest

Trailhead: Euer Valley Road · 39.33489, -120.19612

Weather Sep 21: Overcast, high 76°F / low 48° · precip 5% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start on Euer Valley Road, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  3. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NE.
  5. 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading NW.
  6. 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading N.
  7. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NE.
  9. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 250 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 450 ftTurn right onto South Prosser Creek Spur, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  17. 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading E.
  20. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  21. 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading S.
  22. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading W.
  25. 400 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading S.
  26. 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading S.
  27. 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
  28. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  29. 200 ftBear right onto Euer Valley Road, heading SE.
  30. 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

OvercastTemperature 76°F48°
Precip5%Wind11 mphUV6Humidity31%
Hourly temperature
80°45°
Sunrise 6:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 7:01 PM
Tue 72°47°
Wed 77°48°
Thu 75°48°
Fri 68°43°
Sat 71°42°
Sun 66°39°

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