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.
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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 Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Pacific Crest Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Barker Pass.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Barker Pass Spur, heading W.
- 0.3 miReach Barker Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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