Bucknam Tract Conservation Easement
Donner Lake Rim Viewpoint–Donner Memorial State Park Beach, 3 beaches
8.9 mi · ▲ 1,887 ft · 3 hr 55 min
Donner Lake Rim Viewpoint–Donner Memorial State Park Beach, 3 beaches is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Bucknam Tract Conservation Easement near Donner Lake Village, CA. The route passes Donner Lake Rim Viewpoint before reaching Donner Memorial State Park Beach at the turnaround, 4.5 miles in. It climbs 1,887 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Donner Lake Rim Viewpoint–Donner Memorial State Park Beach, 3 beaches
8.9 mi · ▲ 1,887 ft · 3 hr 55 min
Elevation 6,227–7,196 ft
Out & Back · Bucknam Tract Conservation Easement
Trailhead: Wendin Way Access Trail · 39.33343, -120.29061
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wendin Way Access Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading E.
- 1.7 miPass Donner Lake Rim Viewpoint.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Donner Memorial State Park Beach.
- 200 ftReach Donner Lake Rim Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 2.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Wendin Way Access Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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