South Prosser Creek Loop
5.3 mi · ▲ 889 ft · 2 hr 13 min
South Prosser Creek Loop is a 5.3-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 889 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,093 – 6,716 ft · steepest grade: 17%6.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.37406, -120.24788
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA
Directions
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South Prosser Creek Loop
5.3 mi · ▲ 889 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 6,092–6,716 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.37406, -120.24788
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto South Prosser Creek Loop, heading NE.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 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 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
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