Pineforest

East Perimeter Trail

15.2 mi · ▲ 1,776 ft · 5 hr 57 min

East Perimeter Trail is a 15.2-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Meadow Lake Park, CA. It climbs 1,776 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,893 – 6,578 ft · steepest grade: 21%16.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.34327, -120.21865
Nearest town Meadow Lake Park, CA

Directions

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East Perimeter Trail

15.2 mi · ▲ 1,776 ft · 5 hr 57 min

Elevation 5,893–6,579 ft

Out & Back · Pineforest

Trailhead: 39.34327, -120.21865

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  5. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miContinue straight onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
  10. 2.6 miBear left, heading S.
  11. 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
  12. 0.6 miTurn left onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miSharp right onto SR 89 Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.3 miSharp right onto Prosser Dam Trail, heading NE.
  17. 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 300 ftSharp left onto SR 89 Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 250 ftTurn right onto Alder Drive Trail, heading N.
  22. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading W.
  23. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
  25. 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
  26. 4 miTurn right, heading W.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  28. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  29. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  31. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  32. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

78% dirt13% paved4% gravel5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:00 PM

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