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Powerline Road is an 11.2-mile out-and-back near Carson Hot Springs, NV. It climbs 3,024 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi4,731 – 5,798 ft · steepest grade: 26%12.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.20451, -119.75668
Nearest town Carson Hot Springs, NV

Directions

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Powerline Road

11.2 mi · ▲ 3,024 ft · 5 hr 15 min

Elevation 4,731–5,796 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.20451, -119.75668

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  3. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  7. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 0.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  14. 0.8 miTurn left onto Powerline Road, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  19. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  21. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  22. 1.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  23. 1.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  24. 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  26. 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  28. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  29. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  30. 0.8 miBear right, heading N.
  31. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  32. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  33. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  34. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  35. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  36. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  37. 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
  38. 500 ftBear left, heading SW.
  39. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  40. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  41. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  42. 50 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

74% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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