Crest Divide Road & Emigrant Trail
7.6 mi · ▲ 1,725 ft · 3 hr 24 min
Crest Divide Road & Emigrant Trail is a 7.6-mile out-and-back in Donner Memorial State Park near Donner, CA. It climbs 1,725 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,746 – 7,267 ft · steepest grade: 19%8.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31557, -120.31945
Nearest town Donner, CA
Directions
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Crest Divide Road & Emigrant Trail
7.6 mi · ▲ 1,725 ft · 3 hr 24 min
Elevation 6,746–7,267 ft
Out & Back · Donner Memorial State Park
Trailhead: 39.31557, -120.31945
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Tunnel #8, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Emigrant Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Crest Divide Road, heading S.
- 1 miReach Emigrant Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Emigrant Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Tunnel #8, heading NW.
- 0.1 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
74% dirt26% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:02 PM
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- Tunnel #8 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,211 ft
- Tunnel #8 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,160 ft
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