Firewalker
3.3 mi · ▲ 529 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Firewalker is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 529 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,703 – 6,926 ft3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.37114, -120.25097
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA
Directions
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Firewalker
3.3 mi · ▲ 529 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 6,704–6,928 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.37114, -120.25097
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftSharp right onto North Fork, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cinammon Twist, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto White Lightning, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Wild West, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cinammon Twist, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sundance Cutoff, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cinammon Twist, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto True Grit, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Sundance Cutoff, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Sundance, heading W.
- 500 ftBear right onto Firewalker, heading W.
- 1 miReach Firewalker, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear left onto Sundance, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Sundance Cutoff, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left onto True Grit, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Cinammon Twist, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left onto Sundance Cutoff, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cinammon Twist, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Wild West, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto White Lightning, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Cinammon Twist, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto North Fork, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Pony Express, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 500 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 6:49 AMSunset 7:01 PM
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