Powerline
4.3 mi · ▲ 720 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Powerline is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 720 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,090 – 6,634 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.38399, -120.24884
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA
Directions
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Powerline
4.3 mi · ▲ 720 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 6,090–6,635 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.38399, -120.24884
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.2 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.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 250 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
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM
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