Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Al Tahoe Connector–College Trail, 4 sights
7.6 mi · ▲ 485 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Al Tahoe Connector–College Trail, 4 sights is a 7.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near South Lake Tahoe, CA. It climbs 485 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Al Tahoe Connector–College Trail, 4 sights
7.6 mi · ▲ 485 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Elevation 6,256–6,630 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.89803, -119.95761
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 85°F / low 41° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Powerline Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Powerline Trail, heading NE.
- 1.8 miSharp left onto Al Tahoe Connector, heading NW.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Dennis T. Machida Memorial Greenway, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto College Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach Lower Cold Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Dennis T. Machida Memorial Greenway, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Al Tahoe Bike, heading NE.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Powerline Trail, heading NE.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Power Line Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.2 mi in (~82 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 8:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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