Powerline
3.5 mi · ▲ 673 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Powerline is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 673 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,080 – 6,634 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.38052, -120.24037
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA
Directions
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Powerline
3.5 mi · ▲ 673 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 6,078–6,635 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.38052, -120.24037
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Powerline, heading N.
- 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM
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