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Johnson Canyon

Drifter & Wendin Way Access Trail via Donner Lake Rim Trail

7 mi · ▲ 1,701 ft · 3 hr 11 min

Drifter & Wendin Way Access Trail via Donner Lake Rim Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Johnson Canyon near Donner Lake Village, CA. It climbs 1,701 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,411 – 7,635 ft7.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wendin Way Access Trail 39.33343, -120.29061
Nearest town Donner Lake Village, CA
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Drifter & Wendin Way Access Trail via Donner Lake Rim Trail

7 mi · ▲ 1,701 ft · 3 hr 11 min

Elevation 6,411–7,634 ft

Out & Back · Johnson Canyon

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

  1. Start on Wendin Way Access Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading NW.
  3. 1.3 miTurn left onto Drifter, heading NE.
  4. 0.6 miBear left onto Crazy Horse, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miReach Wendin Way Access Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.5 miBear right onto Drifter, heading W.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading SW.
  8. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Wendin Way Access Trail, heading NW.
  9. 1.1 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/drifter-wendin-way-access-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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