Alaska trails · Pinnell Mountain Trail
Pinnell Mountain Trail
A 25.1-mile network in Alaska, with 1,750 ft of climbing. Reaches Pinnell Mountain and other pass/summit destinations. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 5,297 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Pinnell Mountain (summit)
- Table Mountain (summit)
- Swamp Saddle (pass)
- Twelvemile Summit (pass)
Getting there
Twelvemile Summit Wayside — parking nearby. About 2 h 03 min drive (82 mi, 4 of them unpaved) from Fairbanks. 65.39795, -145.97281 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:43 a.m., the sun rises at 8:34 a.m. and sets at 6:23 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:14 p.m. (AKDT) — 9 h 49 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 25.1-mile route works out to roughly 10 h 11 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Nearby trails
- Chena Dome — 25.9 mi