Powerline
11.7 mi · ▲ 1,230 ft · 4 hr 31 min
Powerline is an 11.7-mile out-and-back near Armstrong, CA. It climbs 1,230 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi5,893 – 6,634 ft · steepest grade: 16%12.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.37578, -120.23314
Nearest town Armstrong, CA
Directions
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Powerline
11.7 mi · ▲ 1,230 ft · 4 hr 31 min
Elevation 5,893–6,635 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.37578, -120.23314
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 2.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 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.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 2.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 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
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Powerline 12 mi · ▲ 1,274 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 619 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 650 ft
- South Prosser Creek Spur 4.1 mi · ▲ 552 ft
- South Prosser Creek Loop 3.4 mi · ▲ 352 ft
- South Prosser Creek Loop 3.5 mi · ▲ 298 ft
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