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
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftPass West Lakes.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Summit Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Donner Lake Rim Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Castle Valley East OHV Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
- 1 miPass West Lakes.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading E.
- 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
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Summit Lake–West Lakes, 5 sights 13.9 mi · ▲ 1,939 ft
- Sand Ridge Lake–West Lakes, 4 lakes 12.2 mi · ▲ 1,456 ft
- West Lakes via Pacific Crest Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 425 ft
- East Mustang Sally Viewpoint–West Lakes, 6 sights 14.6 mi · ▲ 3,771 ft
- Red Mountain–West Lakes, 5 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 3,988 ft
- Summit Lake & West Lakes via Pacific Crest Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 316 ft
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