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.
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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
- Start on Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Western States, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Cinder Cone, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto S.S. Wallternate, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Missing Link, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Upper Missing Link, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Powerline, heading S.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Stumpy Connector, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Ocelot/Stumpy Connector, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Ocelot, heading NE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Angry Bear, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading NE.
- 1 miReach S.S. Wallternate, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Angry Bear, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ocelot, heading N.
- 1 miBear right onto Ocelot/Stumpy Connector, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Stumpy Connector, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Powerline, heading N.
- 1 miBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Upper Missing Link, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 200 ftBear left onto Lower Missing Link, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto S.S. Wallternate, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Cinder Cone, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Western States, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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