East Perimeter Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 738 ft · 1 hr 40 min
East Perimeter Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 738 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,270 – 6,788 ft4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.36756, -120.24077
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA
Directions
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East Perimeter Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 738 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 6,270–6,787 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.36756, -120.24077
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right onto Rawhide, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lion's Leap, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 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
80% dirt20% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:03 AMSunset 8:12 PM
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