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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  5. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 200 ftSharp right, heading E.
  8. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
  12. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  13. 1.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 2.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 0.9 miTurn left onto Powerline, heading NW.
  18. 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  20. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  22. 2.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  24. 1.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  25. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  26. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  27. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  28. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  29. 350 ftSharp left, heading W.
  30. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  31. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  32. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  33. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  34. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  35. 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

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