Powerline Road is an 11-mile out-and-back near Carson Hot Springs, NV. It climbs 2,973 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi4,731 – 5,798 ft · steepest grade: 26%12.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.20495, -119.75865
Nearest town Carson Hot Springs, NV
Directions
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Powerline Road
11 mi · ▲ 2,973 ft · 5 hr 9 min
Elevation 4,731–5,796 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.20495, -119.75865
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Powerline Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
- 500 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 400 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
75% dirt25% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2 mi · loop · via Powerline Road
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 3.7 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via Powerline Road
More from this trailhead
- Powerline Road 11.2 mi · ▲ 3,024 ft
- Powerline Road 8.5 mi · ▲ 2,297 ft
- Powerline Road 8.7 mi · ▲ 2,347 ft
- County Road 282 & County Road 285 7.9 mi · ▲ 2,043 ft
- Powerline Road 2 mi · ▲ 396 ft
- County Road 284 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,419 ft
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