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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Al Tahoe Connector–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 3 sights

6.6 mi · ▲ 534 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Al Tahoe Connector–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fountain Place, CA. It climbs 534 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,260 – 6,641 ft6.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: High Meadows Trailhead 38.89558, -119.94828
Nearest town Fountain Place, CA
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Al Tahoe Connector–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 3 sights

6.6 mi · ▲ 534 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Elevation 6,261–6,642 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: High Meadows Trailhead · 38.89558, -119.94828

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Power Line Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftBear left onto Powerline Trail, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Powerline Trail, heading N.
  6. 1.8 miSharp left onto Al Tahoe Connector, heading NE.
  7. 1.1 miBear right onto Dennis T. Machida Memorial Greenway, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miReach Lower Cold Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miBear left onto Al Tahoe Bike, heading SW.
  10. 1.1 miSharp right onto Powerline Trail, heading E.
  11. 1.8 miTurn left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Power Line Trail, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  15. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  16. 0.1 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-3-sights

Trail surface

75% dirt25% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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