Powerline Spur
8.5 mi · ▲ 1,420 ft · 3 hr 33 min
Powerline Spur is an 8.5-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 1,420 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,185 – 7,097 ft · steepest grade: 17%9.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Carpenter Valley Trail 39.38615, -120.25618
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA
Directions
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Powerline Spur
8.5 mi · ▲ 1,420 ft · 3 hr 33 min
Elevation 6,184–7,098 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Carpenter Valley Trail · 39.38615, -120.25618
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Carpenter Valley Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 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.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Carpenter Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Carpenter Valley Trail Trailhead
- South Euer Valley Road 15.7 mi · ▲ 1,747 ft
- Carpenter Valley Trail 11.9 mi · ▲ 1,111 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 14 mi · ▲ 1,162 ft
- South Prosser Creek Spur 12.7 mi · ▲ 1,151 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 1,162 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 1,169 ft
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