Mule Deer Connector–Truckee Marsh Loop, 3 sights is a 13.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fallen Leaf, CA. It climbs 1,579 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,234 – 7,326 ft · steepest grade: 29%14.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Angora Lake Trail 38.87162, -120.06327
Nearest town Fallen Leaf, CA
Directions
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Mule Deer Connector–Truckee Marsh Loop, 3 sights
13.6 mi · ▲ 1,579 ft · 5 hr 19 min
Elevation 6,232–7,325 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Angora Lake Trail · 38.87162, -120.06327
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 83°F / low 46° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Angora Lake Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Angora Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Mule Deer Connector, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Forest Mountain Road, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Lake Tahoe Boulevard Bike Path, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Panther, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right onto Truckee Marsh, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Truckee Marsh Loop, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Mule Deer Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Truckee Marsh, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Sand Harbor, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Lake Tahoe Boulevard Bike Path, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Forest Mountain Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Mule Deer Connector, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Angora Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miSharp left onto Angora Lake Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
81% dirt7% paved12% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 83°F46°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV9Humidity21%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
83°58°
Wed
83°59°
Thu
85°59°
Fri
85°60°
Sat
85°60°
Sun
86°59°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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