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Angry Bear–Cinder Cone Spur, 8 sights is a 12.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Rampart, CA. It climbs 2,452 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 mi6,155 – 7,500 ft · steepest grade: 22%13.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail 39.18360, -120.19566
Nearest town Rampart, CA

Directions

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Angry Bear–Cinder Cone Spur, 8 sights

12.7 mi · ▲ 2,452 ft · 5 hr 28 min

Elevation 6,154–7,500 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail · 39.18360, -120.19566

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 86°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Western States, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 0.4 miSharp left onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miBear left onto Cinder Cone, heading SE.
  12. 150 ftTurn right onto S.S. Wallternate, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Missing Link, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  15. 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
  16. 350 ftTurn right onto Upper Missing Link, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  18. 400 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.4 miBear left onto Powerline, heading S.
  20. 1 miContinue straight onto Stumpy Connector, heading E.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right onto Ocelot/Stumpy Connector, heading E.
  22. 0.2 miBear left onto Ocelot, heading E.
  23. 1 miContinue straight onto Angry Bear, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading SW.
  25. 0.1 miBear left onto Jack Pine Road, heading E.
  26. 0.9 miReach Western States, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  27. 0.9 miBear right onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading N.
  28. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Angry Bear, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ocelot, heading W.
  30. 1 miBear right onto Ocelot/Stumpy Connector, heading W.
  31. 0.2 miTurn left onto Stumpy Connector, heading NW.
  32. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Powerline, heading N.
  33. 1 miBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
  34. 0.4 miTurn left onto Upper Missing Link, heading S.
  35. 300 ftBear left, heading S.
  36. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  37. 350 ftSharp left, heading N.
  38. 250 ftBear left onto Lower Missing Link, heading N.
  39. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  40. 250 ftContinue straight onto S.S. Wallternate, heading N.
  41. 0.2 miTurn left onto Cinder Cone, heading N.
  42. 150 ftBear right onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading N.
  43. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  44. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  45. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  46. 0.1 miTurn right onto Western States, heading N.
  47. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading W.
  48. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  49. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  50. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  51. 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

79% dirt17% paved1% gravel3% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 86°F50°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity23%
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

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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