1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
2. 100 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Trail, heading N.
3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
4. 50 ftBear right onto Cinammon Twist, heading N.
5. 50 ftTurn left onto Alder Creek Trail, heading NW.
6. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Fork, heading NW.
7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pony Express, heading NW.
8. 50 ftBear left onto North Fork, heading N.
9. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
10. 50 ftTurn left onto Cinammon Twist, heading NE.
11. 50 ftSharp right onto White Lightning, heading NE.
12. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
13. 50 ftTurn left onto Wild West, heading SW.
14. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
16. 500 ftBear left, heading SW.
17. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Flying Squirrel, heading W.
19. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
20. 500 ftContinue straight onto True Grit, heading W.
21. 50 ftBear right onto Crazy Horse, heading W.
22. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hastings, heading W.
23. 500 ftBear left onto Everest, heading SW.
24. 0.4 miTurn right onto Upper Mother Lode, heading SW.
25. 150 ftContinue straight onto Everest, heading S.
26. 0.5 miSharp right onto Andromeda, heading SW.
27. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Willie's Wiggle, heading SW.
28. 0.2 miTurn right onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading SW.
29. 1.4 miTurn left onto West Gatson Road, heading N.
30. 0.1 miTurn right onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading SW.
31. 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
32. 50 ftBear right onto Summit Lake Road, heading SW.
33. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
34. 0.3 miPass Summit Lake.
35. 0.2 miReach Summit Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
36. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
37. 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
38. 50 ftTurn left onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading SE.
39. 1.1 miTurn left onto West Gatson Road, heading SE.
40. 0.1 miTurn right onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading N.
41. 1.4 miTurn left onto Willie's Wiggle, heading NE.
42. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Andromeda, heading NE.
43. 0.2 miSharp left onto Everest, heading E.
44. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Upper Mother Lode, heading NW.
45. 200 ftTurn left onto Everest, heading N.
46. 0.4 miBear right onto Hastings, heading NE.
47. 500 ftContinue straight onto Crazy Horse, heading NW.
48. 0.3 miBear left onto True Grit, heading NE.
49. 500 ftBear left onto Flying Squirrel, heading NE.
50. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
51. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
52. 450 ftTurn left onto Wild West, heading E.
53. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
54. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
55. 50 ftBear left onto White Lightning, heading E.
56. 0.2 miSharp left onto Cinammon Twist, heading NE.
57. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
58. 50 ftTurn right onto North Fork, heading NE.
59. 50 ftBear right onto Pony Express, heading N.
60. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Fork, heading N.
61. 50 ftContinue straight onto Alder Creek Trail, heading N.
62. 50 ftTurn right onto Cinammon Twist, heading N.
63. 50 ftBear left onto Alder Creek Trail, heading N.
64. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
65. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
66. 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-4-lakes-24-km-ce01