Powerline Trail via Donner Lake Rim Trail

5.1 mi · ▲ 592 ft · 2 hr

Powerline Trail via Donner Lake Rim Trail is a 5.1-mile out-and-back near Meadow Lake Park, CA. It climbs 592 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,263 – 6,765 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.33351, -120.21724
Nearest town Meadow Lake Park, CA

Directions

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Powerline Trail via Donner Lake Rim Trail

5.1 mi · ▲ 592 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 6,264–6,766 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.33351, -120.21724

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftBear right onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left onto Powerline Trail, heading W.
  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. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  10. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

84% dirt6% other10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM

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