Emigrant Trail–Lower Yogi Bear, 3 sights
14.6 mi · ▲ 2,062 ft · 5 hr 54 min
Emigrant Trail–Lower Yogi Bear, 3 sights is a 14.6-mile out-and-back in Donner Memorial State Park near Andover, CA. It climbs 2,062 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,106 – 6,946 ft · steepest grade: 19%15.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ponds Road 39.30725, -120.24432
Nearest town Andover, CA
Directions
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Emigrant Trail–Lower Yogi Bear, 3 sights
14.6 mi · ▲ 2,062 ft · 5 hr 54 min
Elevation 6,105–6,945 ft
Out & Back · Donner Memorial State Park
Trailhead: Ponds Road · 39.30725, -120.24432
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Donner Memorial Connector Path (Washed Out), heading S.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Lower Yogi Bear, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 2.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Cold Stream Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto South View Road, heading SW.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Crest Divide Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Emigrant Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Lower Yogi Bear, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Crest Divide Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto South View Road, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Cold Stream Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 2.2 miTurn left onto Lower Yogi Bear, heading SE.
- 1.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left onto Donner Memorial Connector Path (Washed Out), heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
95% dirt3% gravel2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Ponds Road Trailhead
- Donner Memorial Connector Path (Washed Out) 2.1 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- Jackass Point via Donkey Town Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Jellystone & Lower Yogi Bear 4.8 mi · ▲ 638 ft
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