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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

500 Road–Booster, 8 sights

8.8 mi · ▲ 1,861 ft · 3 hr 52 min

500 Road–Booster, 8 sights is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 1,861 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,306 – 8,052 ft · steepest grade: 29%9.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Nature Trail 39.27623, -120.11933
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA
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500 Road–Booster, 8 sights

8.8 mi · ▲ 1,861 ft · 3 hr 52 min

Elevation 6,306–8,051 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Nature Trail · 39.27623, -120.11933

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 87°F / low 55° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

Transit-accessible: Aspen Grove Bus Stop stop 177 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Nature Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Village Run, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miBear right onto Mineshaft, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Liftline, heading SE.
  6. 300 ftContinue straight onto Bill-E-Goat, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Liftline, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mineshaft, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Easy Rider, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Village Run, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mineshaft, heading SW.
  12. 350 ftSharp left onto Pho Dogg, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Dogbone, heading SW.
  15. 450 ftTurn right onto Karpiel, heading S.
  16. 250 ftContinue straight onto Speed Control, heading S.
  17. 150 ftBear left onto Karpiel, heading S.
  18. 0.4 miBear right onto Flameout, heading S.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Karpiel, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftTurn right onto Flameout, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  22. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Playground, heading S.
  23. 400 ftBear left onto Snake, heading SE.
  24. 0.1 miBear right onto Booster, heading SW.
  25. 0.5 miSharp left onto Crossover, heading NW.
  26. 0.2 miBear right onto 500 Road, heading N.
  27. 1.6 miReach Nature Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  28. 1.6 miBear left onto Crossover, heading NE.
  29. 0.2 miSharp right onto Booster, heading NE.
  30. 0.5 miBear left onto Snake, heading SE.
  31. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  32. 300 ftContinue straight onto Playground, heading S.
  33. 0.3 miBear left onto Flameout, heading NE.
  34. 50 ftTurn left onto Karpiel, heading NE.
  35. 50 ftBear right onto Flameout, heading NE.
  36. 50 ftBear left onto Karpiel, heading NE.
  37. 0.4 miBear right onto Speed Control, heading NE.
  38. 150 ftContinue straight onto Karpiel, heading NE.
  39. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  40. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dogbone, heading NE.
  41. 400 ftBear left, heading N.
  42. 50 ftBear right onto Pho Dogg, heading N.
  43. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  44. 150 ftContinue straight onto Mineshaft, heading NE.
  45. 200 ftContinue straight onto Village Run, heading NW.
  46. 50 ftTurn left onto Easy Rider, heading NW.
  47. 50 ftTurn right onto Mineshaft, heading N.
  48. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Liftline, heading N.
  49. 0.1 miBear right onto Bill-E-Goat, heading N.
  50. 50 ftContinue straight onto Liftline, heading N.
  51. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  52. 50 ftBear right onto Mineshaft, heading N.
  53. 50 ftBear left onto Village Run, heading NW.
  54. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Nature Trail, heading NE.
  55. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/500-road-booster-out-back-7-sights

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 87°F55°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV8Humidity20%
Hourly temperature
90°55°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue 87°63°
Wed 86°57°
Thu 90°57°
Fri 89°58°
Sat 90°59°
Sun 91°56°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~132 min). Leave by 5:40 PM for the 8:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Aspen Grove Bus Stop stop 177 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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