1. Start on Ontario Mine Trailhead Access, heading SE.
2. 0.2 miTurn right onto TDS Ontario Bypass, heading NW.
3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Empire Link, heading W.
4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Empire Alternate, heading W.
5. 200 ftContinue straight onto Empire Link, heading SW.
6. 0.5 miSharp left onto Sam's Trail, heading NW.
7. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
8. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Daly Canyon, heading SW.
10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Sam's Trail, heading S.
11. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
12. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Empire Lodge, heading S.
14. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
15. 450 ftTurn right onto Mid-Mountain Trail, heading SW.
16. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
17. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
18. 50 ftTurn left onto T&G, heading NW.
19. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
20. 0.5 miTurn left onto 9K Trail, heading SW.
21. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
22. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Io Trail (Middle), heading W.
24. 0.2 miBear right onto Empire Upper Access, heading SW.
25. 200 ftSharp left onto Empire Access, heading SW.
26. 0.1 miContinue straight onto McConkeys, heading S.
27. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Io Trail (Upper), heading N.
28. 0.4 miTurn left onto Jupiter Peak, heading W.
29. 0.3 miTurn left onto Dead Tree, heading W.
30. 0.2 miReach Empire Link, then turn around and head back the way you came.
31. 0.2 miTurn right onto Jupiter Peak, heading W.
32. 0.3 miTurn right onto Io Trail (Upper), heading E.
33. 0.4 miContinue straight onto McConkeys, heading NE.
34. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Empire Access, heading E.
35. 0.1 miSharp right onto Empire Upper Access, heading E.
36. 200 ftBear left, heading E.
37. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Io Trail (Middle), heading E.
38. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
39. 50 ftTurn left onto 9K Trail, heading E.
40. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
41. 0.5 miTurn right onto T&G, heading SE.
42. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
43. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
44. 0.2 miTurn right onto Mid-Mountain Trail, heading N.
45. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
46. 450 ftBear left onto Empire Lodge, heading E.
47. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
48. 0.1 miSharp left onto Sam's Trail, heading E.
49. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
50. 200 ftContinue straight onto Daly Canyon, heading NE.
51. 0.3 miBear right onto Sam's Trail, heading S.
52. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
53. 300 ftSharp right onto Empire Link, heading E.
54. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Empire Alternate, heading N.
55. 200 ftContinue straight onto Empire Link, heading N.
56. 50 ftTurn right onto TDS Ontario Bypass, heading N.
57. 0.4 miTurn left onto Ontario Mine Trailhead Access, heading S.
58. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/dead-tree-empire-link-out-back-6-sights-13-km