Powerline
15.7 mi · ▲ 1,958 ft · 6 hr 13 min
Powerline is a 15.7-mile out-and-back near Prosser Lake Heights, CA. It climbs 1,958 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,893 – 6,634 ft · steepest grade: 16%16.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.36413, -120.21076
Nearest town Prosser Lake Heights, CA
Directions
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Powerline
15.7 mi · ▲ 1,958 ft · 6 hr 13 min
Elevation 5,893–6,635 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.36413, -120.21076
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 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 NE.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM
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