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Lookout Mountain & Boondocks via Livewire is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Carnelian Bay, CA. The route reaches Lookout Mountain at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 931 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi7,116 – 8,065 ft · steepest grade: 26%3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 39.26402, -120.13135
Nearest town Carnelian Bay, CA

Directions

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Lookout Mountain & Boondocks via Livewire

2.8 mi · ▲ 931 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Elevation 7,115–8,066 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: connector · 39.26402, -120.13135

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 250 ftBear right onto Livewire, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 0.6 miBear right onto Coaster, heading S.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Livewire, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Coaster, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  9. 250 ftSharp left onto Boondocks, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  13. 250 ftTurn left onto Tell No Tales, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miReach Lookout Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Boondocks, heading E.
  20. 0.2 miSharp right onto Coaster, heading SE.
  21. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  22. 100 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 50 ftTurn left onto Livewire, heading NE.
  25. 100 ftContinue straight onto Coaster, heading NE.
  26. 100 ftBear left onto Livewire, heading NE.
  27. 0.6 miSharp left, heading NE.
  28. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  29. 150 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

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM

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