Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Barker Pass–Barker Pass Road, 4 sights
12.9 mi · ▲ 2,062 ft · 5 hr 20 min
Barker Pass–Barker Pass Road, 4 sights is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe Pines, CA. The route reaches Barker Pass. It climbs 2,062 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Barker Pass–Barker Pass Road, 4 sights
12.9 mi · ▲ 2,062 ft · 5 hr 20 min
Elevation 6,402–7,916 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Blackwood Canyon Trailhead · 39.10281, -120.20463
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 84°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blackwood Creek Middle Fork Road, heading SW.
- 3.1 miPass Barker Pass.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Barker Pass Road, heading W.
- 1.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Powderhorn Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Powderhorn Ridge Road, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Powderhorn Ridge Spur, heading NW.
- 100 ftReach Barker Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear right onto Powderhorn Ridge Road, heading NW.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Powderhorn Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Barker Pass Road, heading NE.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blackwood Creek Middle Fork Road, heading NE.
- 3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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