Lion's Leap
6.6 mi · ▲ 797 ft · 2 hr 36 min
Lion's Leap is a 6.6-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 797 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,083 – 6,792 ft · steepest grade: 16%7.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.37114, -120.25097
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA
Directions
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Lion's Leap
6.6 mi · ▲ 797 ft · 2 hr 36 min
Elevation 6,083–6,791 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.37114, -120.25097
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto East Perimeter Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Lion's Leap, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 450 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
98% dirt2% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:01 PM
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