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 22: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 250 ftContinue straight onto East Perimeter Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 300 ftContinue straight onto Lion's Leap, heading N.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  9. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  14. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  15. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  17. 250 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  18. 350 ftBear right, heading E.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  20. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  21. 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
  22. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  23. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  24. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  25. 0.8 miBear left, heading W.
  26. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  27. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  28. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  29. 350 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  30. 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  31. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  32. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  33. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  34. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  35. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  36. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  37. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  38. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  39. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  40. 0.2 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SW.
  41. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  42. 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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