Mount Lincoln–Mount Lincoln Viewpoint Loop, 3 summits is a 5.4-mile loop near Donner, CA. The route passes Mount Lincoln and Mount Lincoln Viewpoint. It climbs 1,408 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,995 – 8,363 ft · steepest grade: 27%5.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.30866, -120.33216
Nearest town Donner, CA
Directions
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Mount Lincoln–Mount Lincoln Viewpoint Loop, 3 summits
5.4 mi · ▲ 1,408 ft · 2 hr 30 min
Elevation 6,995–8,364 ft
Loop
Trailhead: 39.30866, -120.33216
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Mount Lincoln Road, heading S.
- 1.2 miPass Mount Lincoln.
- 500 ftPass Mount Lincoln Viewpoint.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Mount Judah Loop, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading N.
- 1 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
67% dirt33% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 7:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:30 PM — 0 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Emigrant Trail–Mount Judah Loop, 3 sights 10.8 mi · ▲ 2,320 ft
- Donner Lake–Emigrant Trail, 4 sights 13.5 mi · ▲ 2,659 ft
- Roller Pass & Mount Judah Loop via Pacific Crest Trail 4 mi · ▲ 822 ft
- Lake Mary & Lake Mary Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 400 ft
- Mount Judah Viewpoint via Pacific Crest Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 669 ft
- Mount Lincoln Road 3.9 mi · ▲ 1,156 ft
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