1. Start on Rest Area Access Connector, heading N.
2. 50 ftPass West Lakes.
3. 150 ftTurn right onto Summit Lake Trail, heading E.
4. 1.3 miPass Summit Lake.
5. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
6. 50 ftBear left onto Summit Lake Road, heading SE.
7. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
8. 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
9. 50 ftTurn left onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading SE.
10. 1.1 miTurn left onto West Gatson Road, heading E.
11. 500 ftTurn right onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading E.
12. 1.4 miTurn left onto Drifter, heading SE.
13. 50 ftBear right onto Willie's Wiggle, heading N.
14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Andromeda, heading N.
15. 0.2 miSharp left onto Everest, heading NE.
16. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Upper Mother Lode, heading NE.
17. 150 ftTurn right onto Everest, heading NE.
18. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Hastings, heading E.
19. 500 ftContinue straight onto Crazy Horse, heading NE.
20. 0.3 miBear left onto True Grit, heading NE.
21. 0.1 miBear left onto Flying Squirrel, heading E.
22. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
23. 100 ftBear right onto Wild West, heading SE.
24. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
25. 350 ftContinue straight onto White Lightning, heading SE.
26. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Dipper Loop, heading NE.
28. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
29. 250 ftTurn right onto Aspen Grove, heading E.
30. 100 ftSharp left onto Whoop it Up, heading E.
31. 50 ftReach Summit Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
32. 50 ftSharp right onto Aspen Grove, heading NE.
33. 100 ftTurn left onto Big Dipper Loop, heading NE.
34. 0.2 miTurn right onto White Lightning, heading S.
35. 0.2 miTurn right onto Wild West, heading SE.
36. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
37. 100 ftTurn left onto Flying Squirrel, heading SE.
38. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
39. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
40. 500 ftContinue straight onto True Grit, heading SE.
41. 50 ftBear right onto Crazy Horse, heading SE.
42. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hastings, heading NE.
43. 500 ftContinue straight onto Everest, heading NW.
44. 0.4 miTurn left onto Upper Mother Lode, heading SW.
45. 150 ftContinue straight onto Everest, heading SW.
46. 0.5 miSharp right onto Andromeda, heading S.
47. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Willie's Wiggle, heading SW.
48. 0.2 miBear left onto Drifter, heading SW.
49. 50 ftTurn right onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading SW.
50. 1.4 miTurn left onto West Gatson Road, heading NW.
51. 500 ftTurn right onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading NW.
52. 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
53. 50 ftBear right onto Summit Lake Road, heading SW.
54. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
55. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
56. 50 ftBear right onto Summit Lake Trail, heading SW.
57. 1.4 miTurn left onto Rest Area Access Connector, heading W.
58. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/summit-lake-summit-lake-out-back-11-sights