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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Al Tahoe Connector via Powerline Trail

13.1 mi · ▲ 839 ft · 4 hr 47 min

Al Tahoe Connector via Powerline Trail is a 13.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Meyers, CA. It climbs 839 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,250 – 6,631 ft14.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Boca Raton Drive 38.87534, -120.00306
Nearest town Meyers, CA
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Al Tahoe Connector via Powerline Trail

13.1 mi · ▲ 839 ft · 4 hr 47 min

Elevation 6,251–6,630 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Boca Raton Drive · 38.87534, -120.00306

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 87°F / low 57° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
  3. 0.8 miBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 0.5 miTurn right onto Dennis T. Machida Memorial Greenway, heading N.
  15. 0.7 miBear right onto Al Tahoe Bike, heading NE.
  16. 1.1 miSharp right onto Powerline Trail, heading SE.
  17. 1.2 miReach Al Tahoe Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 1.2 miSharp left onto Al Tahoe Connector, heading SE.
  19. 1.1 miBear left onto Dennis T. Machida Memorial Greenway, heading NW.
  20. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  23. 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  25. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  27. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  28. 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  29. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  30. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  31. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  32. 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
  33. 0.4 miArrive 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/al-tahoe-connector-lower-cold-creek-trail-out-back

Trail surface

80% dirt19% paved1% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 87°F57°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV8Humidity28%
Hourly temperature
90°55°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:09 PM
Wed 86°59°
Thu 90°63°
Fri 90°64°
Sat 90°65°
Sun 89°64°
Mon 88°62°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.6 mi in (~118 min). Leave by 5:51 PM for the 8:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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