Angora Ridge Trail & Mule Deer Connector is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Meyers, CA. It climbs 1,056 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 mi6,273 – 7,300 ft · steepest grade: 29%11.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 38.87146, -120.00765
Nearest town Meyers, CA
Directions
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Angora Ridge Trail & Mule Deer Connector
10.6 mi · ▲ 1,056 ft · 4 hr 4 min
Elevation 6,274–7,299 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.87146, -120.00765
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:00 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Forest Mountain Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Mule Deer Connector, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Angora Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miReach Mule Deer Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Mule Deer Connector, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Forest Mountain Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 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
70% dirt30% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:00 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 3.7 mi · out & back · via Angora Ridge Trail
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via Angora Ridge Trail
- 8.3 mi · out & back · via Angora Ridge Trail
- 10.5 mi · out & back · via Angora Ridge Trail
- 11.5 mi · out & back · via Angora Ridge Trail
- 13.8 mi · out & back · via Angora Ridge Trail
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