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 Aug 4: Clear, high 84°F / low 49° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:12 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
ClearTemperature 84°F49°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity23%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue
84°60°
Wed
84°56°
Thu
88°55°
Fri
89°56°
Sat
89°56°
Sun
88°55°
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