Firewalker & Pooker's
4.4 mi · ▲ 781 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Firewalker & Pooker's is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 781 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,500 – 6,926 ft5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.37414, -120.24199
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA
Directions
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Firewalker & Pooker's
4.4 mi · ▲ 781 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 6,499–6,928 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.37414, -120.24199
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading W.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Pooker's, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto True Grit/Pooker's Connector, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sundance, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Cinammon Twist, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Sundance, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Firewalker, heading W.
- 1 miReach Pooker's, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear left onto Sundance, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Cinammon Twist, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right onto Sundance, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto True Grit/Pooker's Connector, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Pooker's, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Lion's Leap, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
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