Powerline Spur
13.6 mi · ▲ 1,751 ft · 5 hr 25 min
Powerline Spur is a 13.6-mile out-and-back near Hobart Mills, CA. It climbs 1,751 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,820 – 7,097 ft · steepest grade: 16%14.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.39387, -120.18937
Nearest town Hobart Mills, CA
Directions
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Powerline Spur
13.6 mi · ▲ 1,751 ft · 5 hr 25 min
Elevation 5,820–7,098 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.39387, -120.18937
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 2.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Powerline, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Powerline Spur, heading N.
- 1.2 miReach Powerline Spur, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Powerline, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 2.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miArrive 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 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- East Perimeter Trail 12.2 mi · ▲ 1,041 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 8.9 mi · ▲ 706 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 9 mi · ▲ 706 ft
- Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail 16 mi · ▲ 2,195 ft
- Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail 15.3 mi · ▲ 2,249 ft
- Powerline 11.2 mi · ▲ 1,298 ft
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