1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road, heading NW.
3. 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
5. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
7. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
8. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
9. 500 ftBear left onto Donner Summit Lakes Trail, heading W.
10. 0.2 miPass Chinese Catfish Pond.
11. 50 ftPass Lake Angela.
12. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
13. 0.5 miPass Azalea Lake.
14. 50 ftPass Flora Lake.
15. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
16. 0.5 miBear left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NW.
17. 0.8 miTurn right onto Summit Lake Trail, heading N.
18. 0.7 miTurn left onto Warren Lake Trail, heading E.
19. 1.5 miTurn right onto Frog Lake Cliff Spur, heading NW.
20. 300 ftPass Frog Lake Cliff.
21. 300 ftReach Frog Lake Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
22. 0.1 miTurn left onto Warren Lake Trail, heading N.
23. 1.5 miTurn right onto Summit Lake Trail, heading SW.
24. 0.7 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
25. 0.8 miBear right onto Donner Summit Lakes Trail, heading E.
26. 1.6 miBear right, heading W.
27. 0.1 miSharp right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
28. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
29. 0.2 miTurn left onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road, heading E.
30. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
31. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
32. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
33. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/frog-lake-overlook-chinese-catfish-pond-out-back-8-lakes-18-km-0efb