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West Lakes & Donner Lake Rim Trail via Pacific Crest Trail is a 5.6-mile out-and-back near Norden, CA. The route passes West Lakes and West Lakes. It climbs 399 ft. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,182 – 7,487 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.33959, -120.34302
Nearest town Norden, CA

Directions

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West Lakes & Donner Lake Rim Trail via Pacific Crest Trail

5.6 mi · ▲ 399 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Elevation 7,181–7,487 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.33959, -120.34302

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass West Lakes.
  3. 0.5 miSharp left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right onto Summit Lake Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.7 miSharp left onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading NW.
  6. 1.4 miTurn left onto Castle Valley East OHV Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miSharp left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
  8. 1 miPass West Lakes.
  9. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 0.7 miSharp right, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

55% dirt4% rock41% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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