Drifter–Everest, 5 sights
13.7 mi · ▲ 2,636 ft · 5 hr 53 min
Drifter–Everest, 5 sights is a 13.7-mile out-and-back near Prosser Lake Heights, CA. It climbs 2,636 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,106 – 7,586 ft · steepest grade: 22%15.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.36364, -120.21488
Nearest town Prosser Lake Heights, CA
Directions
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Drifter–Everest, 5 sights
13.7 mi · ▲ 2,636 ft · 5 hr 53 min
Elevation 6,107–7,585 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.36364, -120.21488
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading NW.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Pooker's, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto True Grit/Pooker's Connector, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sundance, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cinammon Twist, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Flying Squirrel, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto True Grit, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Crazy Horse, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hastings, heading W.
- 500 ftBear left onto Everest, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Upper Mother Lode, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Everest, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Andromeda, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Drifter, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Crazy Horse, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sunrise Bowl, heading SW.
- 1 miReach Pooker's, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn left onto Crazy Horse, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Drifter, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Andromeda, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Everest, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Upper Mother Lode, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Everest, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Hastings, heading NE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Crazy Horse, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto True Grit, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Flying Squirrel, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Cinammon Twist, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sundance, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto True Grit/Pooker's Connector, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Pooker's, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Lion's Leap, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 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
96% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM
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