Whoop it Up via Flying Squirrel is a 1.9-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It is mostly level, with 222 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,542 – 6,765 ft2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Alder Creek Trail 39.36088, -120.24723
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA
Directions
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Whoop it Up via Flying Squirrel
1.9 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 45 min
Elevation 6,542–6,765 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Alder Creek Trail · 39.36088, -120.24723
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start on Alder Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Rough Rider, heading SW.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Wild West, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Flying Squirrel, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Rough Rider, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Flying Squirrel, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rough Rider, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Flying Squirrel, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Rough Rider, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Whoop it Up, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Little Dipper, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Whoop it Up, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Whoop it Up, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Rough Rider, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Flying Squirrel, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Rough Rider, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Flying Squirrel, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rough Rider, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Flying Squirrel, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Wild West, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Rough Rider, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
88% dirt9% gravel3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM
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- Alder Creek Trail 6.1 mi · ▲ 584 ft
- Alder Creek Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 250 ft
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