East Perimeter Trail is an 11.5-mile out-and-back near Meadow Lake Park, CA. It climbs 1,749 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,896 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 21%12.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: East Perimeter Trail 39.34137, -120.20572
Nearest town Meadow Lake Park, CA
Directions
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East Perimeter Trail
11.5 mi · ▲ 1,749 ft · 4 hr 42 min
Elevation 5,897–6,492 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: East Perimeter Trail · 39.34137, -120.20572
Weather Sep 23: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 6:58 PM
- Start on East Perimeter Trail, heading E.
- 3 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
- 1.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading S.
- 2.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 6:58 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 2.9 mi · out & back · via East Perimeter Trail
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via East Perimeter Trail
- 3.4 mi · out & back · via East Perimeter Trail
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via East Perimeter Trail
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