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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Livewire, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Coaster, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Livewire, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Coaster, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Boondocks, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Tell No Tales, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Lookout Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Boondocks, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Coaster, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Livewire, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Coaster, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Livewire, heading NE.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
95% dirt5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM
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