Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
16N54
8.2 mi · ▲ 2,119 ft · 3 hr 48 min
16N54 is an 8.2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 2,119 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,447 – 8,577 ft · steepest grade: 16%8.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Beaver Tail Trail 39.24874, -120.02815
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA
Directions
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16N54
8.2 mi · ▲ 2,119 ft · 3 hr 48 min
Elevation 6,446–8,576 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Beaver Tail Trail · 39.24874, -120.02815
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Kings Beach Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto 16N54, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1 miBear left onto Kings Beach Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
91% dirt1% paved8% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Beaver Tail Trail Trailhead
- Beaver Tail Trail & Chipmunk via Old Grist Mill Road 2 mi · ▲ 198 ft
- Lake Vista Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 419 ft
- Lake Vista Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 450 ft
- Lake Vista Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 509 ft
- Brockway Spring–Beaver Tail Trail, 4 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 693 ft
- Kings Beach Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 751 ft
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