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Powerline Trail via Donner Lake Rim Trail

5 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Powerline Trail via Donner Lake Rim Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back near Armstrong, CA. It climbs 557 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,296 – 6,765 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Donner Lake Rim Trail 39.33589, -120.22313
Nearest town Armstrong, CA
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Powerline Trail via Donner Lake Rim Trail

5 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Elevation 6,296–6,766 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Donner Lake Rim Trail · 39.33589, -120.22313

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miSharp left onto Powerline Trail, heading E.
  5. 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.9 miReach Powerline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 1.2 miSharp right onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  10. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/powerline-trail-out-back-8-km-32f0

Trail surface

93% dirt6% other1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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