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.
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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 Aug 3: Clear, high 84°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Power Line Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Powerline Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Powerline Trail, heading N.
- 1.8 miSharp left onto Al Tahoe Connector, heading NE.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Dennis T. Machida Memorial Greenway, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Lower Cold Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Al Tahoe Bike, heading SW.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Powerline Trail, heading E.
- 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 SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~72 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 8:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from High Meadows Trailhead Trailhead
- High Meadows Spur Trail–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 195 ft
- Powerline Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- High Meadows OHV Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 243 ft
- Cold Creek Trail Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 422 ft
- Lower Cold Creek Trail–Lower Cold Creek, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 334 ft
- High Meadows Road 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,308 ft
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