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.

Elevation

0 mi6,257 – 6,631 ft8.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.89803, -119.95761
Nearest town South Lake Tahoe, CA

Directions

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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 Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 150 ftSharp left, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 250 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Powerline Trail, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Powerline Trail, heading NE.
  10. 1.8 miSharp left onto Al Tahoe Connector, heading NW.
  11. 1.1 miBear left onto Dennis T. Machida Memorial Greenway, heading NW.
  12. 0.4 miSharp left onto College Trail, heading SW.
  13. 150 ftReach Lower Cold Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 100 ftSharp right onto Dennis T. Machida Memorial Greenway, heading W.
  15. 0.4 miBear right onto Al Tahoe Bike, heading NE.
  16. 1.1 miSharp right onto Powerline Trail, heading NE.
  17. 1.8 miTurn left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftBear right onto Power Line Trail, heading E.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  21. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  24. 0.4 miSharp right, heading W.
  25. 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 surface

73% dirt27% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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