1. Start on Rust Never Sleeps, heading NW.
2. 0.3 miBear right onto Dogs in Space, heading NW.
3. 0.3 miSharp left onto Crazy Horse, heading W.
4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hastings, heading W.
5. 500 ftContinue straight onto Everest, heading SW.
6. 0.4 miTurn right onto Upper Mother Lode, heading W.
7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Everest, heading NW.
8. 0.5 miSharp right onto Andromeda, heading W.
9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Willie's Wiggle, heading SW.
10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading SW.
11. 1.4 miTurn left onto West Gatson Road, heading SW.
12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading S.
13. 50 ftContinue straight onto West Gatson Road, heading S.
14. 0.3 miBear right onto Summit Lake Road, heading SW.
15. 0.5 miReach Rust Never Sleeps, then turn around and head back the way you came.
16. 0.5 miBear left onto West Gatson Road, heading SE.
17. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading E.
18. 50 ftTurn left onto West Gatson Road, heading E.
19. 0.1 miTurn right onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading E.
20. 1.4 miTurn left onto Willie's Wiggle, heading E.
21. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Andromeda, heading NW.
22. 0.2 miSharp left onto Everest, heading N.
23. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Upper Mother Lode, heading NE.
24. 150 ftTurn left onto Everest, heading NE.
25. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Hastings, heading NE.
26. 500 ftContinue straight onto Crazy Horse, heading E.
27. 0.6 miBear left onto Rust Never Sleeps, heading E.
28. 0.2 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-rim-trail-donner-lake-rim-trail-out-back-5-sights-15-km-7214