1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
2. 0.7 miBear left onto Lakeview Canyon Road, heading SW.
3. 1.4 miBear left, heading W.
4. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
5. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
6. 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
7. 200 ftSharp right, heading NW.
8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
9. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Tunnel #8, heading W.
10. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
11. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
12. 50 ftSharp right onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road, heading W.
13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
14. 0.2 miBear right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
15. 50 ftReach Lakeview Canyon Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
16. 100 ftBear left onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road, heading W.
17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
18. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
19. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
20. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
21. 500 ftContinue straight onto Tunnel #8, heading E.
22. 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
23. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
24. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
25. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
26. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
27. 50 ftBear right onto Lakeview Canyon Road, heading SW.
28. 1.4 miBear right, heading SE.
29. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/donner-lake-chinese-catfish-pond-out-back-16-km-d15f