East Perimeter Trail
12.7 mi · ▲ 1,435 ft · 4 hr 57 min
East Perimeter Trail is a 12.7-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 1,435 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,893 – 6,595 ft · steepest grade: 16%13.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.37090, -120.24604
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA
Directions
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East Perimeter Trail
12.7 mi · ▲ 1,435 ft · 4 hr 57 min
Elevation 5,893–6,596 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.37090, -120.24604
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 2.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 2.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftArrive 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 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 1.9 mi · out & back · via East Perimeter Trail
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- 2.1 mi · out & back · via East Perimeter Trail
- 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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