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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Western States, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Cinder Cone, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto S.S. Wallternate, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Missing Link, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Upper Missing Link, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Powerline, heading S.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Stumpy Connector, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Ocelot/Stumpy Connector, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Ocelot, heading E.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Angry Bear, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Jack Pine Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miReach Western States, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Angry Bear, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ocelot, heading W.
- 1 miBear right onto Ocelot/Stumpy Connector, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Stumpy Connector, heading NW.
- 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 S.
- 300 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left onto Lower Missing Link, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto S.S. Wallternate, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Cinder Cone, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Western States, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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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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