AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Bear Creek Trail

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,288 ft · 3 hr 49 min

Bear Creek Trail is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 1,288 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,536 – 7,258 ft9.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.17590, -120.21886
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA
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Bear Creek Trail

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,288 ft · 3 hr 49 min

Elevation 6,537–7,258 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.17590, -120.21886

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Bear Creek Trail, heading E.
  3. 500 ftContinue straight onto Alpine Crags Road, heading NE.
  4. 2.9 miSharp right, heading SW.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
  7. 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  9. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
  12. 2.9 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading SW.
  13. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  14. 50 ftArrive 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-15-km-a328

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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