Powerline Spur
7 mi · ▲ 896 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Powerline Spur is a 7-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 896 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,185 – 6,605 ft7.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.38676, -120.25372
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA
Directions
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Powerline Spur
7 mi · ▲ 896 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Elevation 6,184–6,603 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.38676, -120.25372
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Powerline Spur, heading NE.
- 1.3 miReach Powerline Spur, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, 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
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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