Azure Lake & Azure Lake trail via Bayview Trail is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Emerald Bay, CA. The route reaches Azure Lake at the turnaround, 2.9 miles in. It climbs 2,305 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,854 – 8,426 ft · steepest grade: 30%6.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 38.94495, -120.09955
Nearest town Emerald Bay, CA
Directions
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Azure Lake & Azure Lake trail via Bayview Trail
5.7 mi · ▲ 2,305 ft · 3 hr 3 min
Elevation 6,853–8,425 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.94495, -120.09955
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bayview Trail, heading W.
- 1.9 miBear left onto Azure Lake trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miReach Azure Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Bayview Trail, heading NW.
- 2.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 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
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~84 min). Leave by 5:18 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Inspiration Point–Eagle Lake, 4 sights 10.1 mi · ▲ 4,203 ft
- Upper Eagle Falls–Vista, 5 sights 9.5 mi · ▲ 3,436 ft
- Cascade Falls–Inspiration Point, 3 summits 1.8 mi · ▲ 342 ft
- Bayview Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,621 ft
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