Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is an 11.4-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Truckee, CA. It climbs 1,774 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi5,896 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 25%12.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Euer Valley Road 39.33468, -120.19050
Nearest town Truckee, CA
Directions
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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
11.4 mi · ▲ 1,774 ft · 4 hr 41 min
Elevation 5,897–6,492 ft
Out & Back · Pineforest
Trailhead: Euer Valley Road · 39.33468, -120.19050
Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 73°F / low 46° · precip 3% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 6:59 PM
- Start on Euer Valley Road, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right onto South Prosser Creek Spur, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading W.
- 400 ftBear left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading S.
- 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Euer Valley Road, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
OvercastTemperature 73°F46°
Precip3%Wind2 mphUV7Humidity50%
Hourly temperature
75°45°
Sunrise 6:49 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:59 PM
Wed
75°47°
Thu
75°47°
Fri
68°44°
Sat
70°43°
Sun
63°36°
Mon
75°33°
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More from Euer Valley Road Trailhead
- SR 89 Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 10.9 mi · ▲ 1,489 ft
- Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail 11.4 mi · ▲ 1,774 ft
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- East Perimeter Trail 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,157 ft
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