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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Mule Deer Connector via Angora Ridge Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 843 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Mule Deer Connector via Angora Ridge Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fallen Leaf, CA. It climbs 843 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,437 – 7,281 ft · steepest grade: 30%3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.88643, -120.03905
Nearest town Fallen Leaf, CA
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Mule Deer Connector via Angora Ridge Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 843 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Elevation 6,439–7,282 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 38.88643, -120.03905

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Forest Mountain Road, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Mule Deer Connector, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Angora Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  9. 100 ftReach Mule Deer Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mule Deer Connector, heading NE.
  11. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Forest Mountain Road, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 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/mule-deer-connector-out-back-6-km-6b24

Trail surface

66% dirt34% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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