Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Angry Bear–Cinder Cone Spur, 7 sights

12.2 mi · ▲ 2,400 ft · 5 hr 16 min

Angry Bear–Cinder Cone Spur, 7 sights is a 12.2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 2,400 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,116 – 7,500 ft · steepest grade: 22%13.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Olympic Valley Bike Trail 39.20409, -120.20023
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA

Directions

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Angry Bear–Cinder Cone Spur, 7 sights

12.2 mi · ▲ 2,400 ft · 5 hr 16 min

Elevation 6,116–7,500 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Olympic Valley Bike Trail · 39.20409, -120.20023

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 86°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading NE.
  2. 250 ftTurn right onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.6 miSharp left onto Western States, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miSharp left onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miBear left onto Cinder Cone, heading E.
  10. 150 ftTurn right onto S.S. Wallternate, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Missing Link, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  13. 200 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  14. 350 ftTurn right onto Upper Missing Link, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  16. 350 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.4 miBear left onto Powerline, heading S.
  18. 1 miContinue straight onto Stumpy Connector, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right onto Ocelot/Stumpy Connector, heading NE.
  20. 0.2 miBear left onto Ocelot, heading NE.
  21. 1 miContinue straight onto Angry Bear, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading NE.
  23. 1 miReach S.S. Wallternate, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 1 miContinue straight onto Angry Bear, heading N.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ocelot, heading N.
  26. 1 miBear right onto Ocelot/Stumpy Connector, heading SW.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left onto Stumpy Connector, heading N.
  28. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Powerline, heading N.
  29. 1 miBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
  30. 0.4 miTurn left onto Upper Missing Link, heading SW.
  31. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  33. 350 ftSharp left, heading N.
  34. 200 ftBear left onto Lower Missing Link, heading N.
  35. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  36. 250 ftContinue straight onto S.S. Wallternate, heading NW.
  37. 0.2 miTurn left onto Cinder Cone, heading NW.
  38. 150 ftBear right onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading W.
  39. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  40. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  41. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  42. 0.1 miTurn right onto Western States, heading S.
  43. 0.1 miSharp right onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading W.
  44. 0.6 miTurn left onto Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading SW.
  45. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

71% dirt13% paved13% gravel3% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 86°F50°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV8Humidity22%
Hourly temperature
90°50°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue 86°61°
Wed 85°58°
Thu 88°58°
Fri 88°59°
Sat 89°59°
Sun 89°57°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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