Powerline
13.3 mi · ▲ 1,598 ft · 5 hr 14 min
Powerline is a 13.3-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 1,598 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi5,893 – 6,634 ft13.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.37414, -120.24199
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA
Directions
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Powerline
13.3 mi · ▲ 1,598 ft · 5 hr 14 min
Elevation 5,893–6,635 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.37414, -120.24199
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 2.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Powerline, heading NW.
- 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 2.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
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