East Perimeter Trail
12.7 mi · ▲ 1,109 ft · 4 hr 47 min
East Perimeter Trail is a 12.7-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 1,109 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,893 – 6,388 ft13.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.38166, -120.24405
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA
Directions
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East Perimeter Trail
12.7 mi · ▲ 1,109 ft · 4 hr 47 min
Elevation 5,893–6,389 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.38166, -120.24405
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 2.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Emigrant Trail Access, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftSharp right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Emigrant Trail Access, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 2.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 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
98% dirt2% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · loop · via East Perimeter Trail
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via East Perimeter Trail
- 2 mi · loop · via East Perimeter Trail
- 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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