1. Start on Tunnel #6, heading E.
2. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
3. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
4. 50 ftPass Donner Pass.
5. 50 ftPass Petroglyph Cliff.
6. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
7. 500 ftContinue straight onto Tunnel #8, heading E.
8. 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
9. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
10. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
11. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
12. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
14. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
15. 0.6 miBear left onto Emigrant Trail, heading SE.
16. 100 ftTurn left onto Crest Divide Road, heading SE.
17. 0.3 miContinue straight onto South View Road, heading SE.
18. 1.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
19. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
20. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
21. 0.3 miTurn left onto Cold Stream Road, heading NE.
22. 350 ftReach Petroglyph Cliff, then turn around and head back the way you came.
23. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
24. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
25. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
26. 50 ftTurn left onto South View Road, heading SW.
27. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Crest Divide Road, heading W.
28. 0.3 miTurn right onto Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
29. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
30. 0.6 miSharp right, heading N.
31. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
32. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
33. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
34. 300 ftBear left, heading SW.
35. 200 ftSharp right, heading SW.
36. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
37. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Tunnel #8, heading NW.
38. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
39. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
40. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
41. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tunnel #6, heading W.
42. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/petroglyph-cliff-donner-pass-out-back-4-sights-20-km