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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Powerline Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.9 miReach Powerline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 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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