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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Bear Creek Trail & Granlibakken Wilderness Trail via Tahoe Rim Trail

15.5 mi · ▲ 1,970 ft · 6 hr 9 min

Bear Creek Trail & Granlibakken Wilderness Trail via Tahoe Rim Trail is a 15.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Comstock Acres, CA. It climbs 1,970 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,231 – 7,258 ft · steepest grade: 18%16.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.15750, -120.14643
Nearest town Comstock Acres, CA
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Bear Creek Trail & Granlibakken Wilderness Trail via Tahoe Rim Trail

15.5 mi · ▲ 1,970 ft · 6 hr 9 min

Elevation 6,229–7,258 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.15750, -120.14643

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 6:59 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  8. 1.8 miBear left, heading NW.
  9. 3.5 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.9 miReach Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Alpine Crags Road, heading SE.
  12. 3.5 miBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
  13. 2 miTurn left onto Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bear-creek-trail-granlibakken-wilderness-trail-out-back-24-km-05c5

Trail surface

93% dirt7% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 6:59 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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