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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Bear Creek Trail

12.5 mi · ▲ 1,567 ft · 4 hr 57 min

Bear Creek Trail is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Twin Peaks Estates, CA. It climbs 1,567 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,477 – 7,258 ft · steepest grade: 18%13.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.14044, -120.17133
Nearest town Twin Peaks Estates, CA
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Bear Creek Trail

12.5 mi · ▲ 1,567 ft · 4 hr 57 min

Elevation 6,475–7,258 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.14044, -120.17133

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
  8. 2.9 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Alpine Crags Road, heading SE.
  11. 2.9 miSharp right, heading S.
  12. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
  15. 0.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bear-creek-trail-out-back-21-km-e777

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:03 PM

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