Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Barker Pass & Barker Pass Spur via Pacific Crest Trail

2.7 mi · ▲ 427 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Barker Pass & Barker Pass Spur via Pacific Crest Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Homewood, CA. The route reaches Barker Pass. It climbs 427 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi7,668 – 8,114 ft2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pacific Crest Trail 39.07676, -120.23515
Nearest town Homewood, CA

Directions

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Barker Pass & Barker Pass Spur via Pacific Crest Trail

2.7 mi · ▲ 427 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Elevation 7,668–8,114 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Pacific Crest Trail · 39.07676, -120.23515

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 77°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pacific Crest Trail, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Barker Pass.
  3. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Barker Pass Spur, heading W.
  5. 0.3 miReach Barker Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

ClearTemperature 77°F48°
Precip0%Wind8 mphUV8Humidity24%
Hourly temperature
80°45°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue 77°56°
Wed 78°55°
Thu 83°55°
Fri 83°56°
Sat 83°56°
Sun 84°55°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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