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Goldilocks Wall via Pacific Crest Trail

1.4 mi · ▲ 326 ft · 38 min

Goldilocks Wall via Pacific Crest Trail is a 1.4-mile out-and-back near Donner, CA. The route reaches Goldilocks Wall at the turnaround, 0.7 miles in. It climbs 326 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,815 – 7,107 ft · steepest grade: 22%1.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31859, -120.31981
Nearest town Donner, CA
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Goldilocks Wall via Pacific Crest Trail

1.4 mi · ▲ 326 ft · 38 min

Elevation 6,814–7,105 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.31859, -120.31981

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  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. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  8. 250 ftTurn right onto Goldilocks Wall Approach, heading N.
  9. 350 ftReach Goldilocks Wall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 350 ftTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
  11. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miBear left onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  14. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  16. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/goldilocks-wall-out-back-2-km

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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