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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading W.
  9. 100 ftSharp left onto Pooker's, heading SW.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miBear left onto True Grit/Pooker's Connector, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sundance, heading S.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  18. 100 ftTurn right onto Cinammon Twist, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Sundance, heading S.
  20. 0.3 miBear right onto Firewalker, heading W.
  21. 1 miReach Pooker's, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 1 miBear left onto Sundance, heading E.
  23. 0.3 miTurn right onto Cinammon Twist, heading E.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  25. 100 ftBear right onto Sundance, heading E.
  26. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  27. 100 ftTurn right onto Lion's Leap, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftTurn left onto True Grit/Pooker's Connector, heading NE.
  29. 50 ftBear right onto Pooker's, heading E.
  30. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  31. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  32. 150 ftSharp right onto Lion's Leap, heading E.
  33. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  34. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  35. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  36. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  37. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  38. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  39. 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  40. 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

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