AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Bear Creek Trail

10.2 mi · ▲ 1,333 ft · 4 hr 4 min

Bear Creek Trail is a 10.2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 1,333 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,536 – 7,258 ft · steepest grade: 15%10.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bear Creek Trail 39.17663, -120.22532
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA
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Bear Creek Trail

10.2 mi · ▲ 1,333 ft · 4 hr 4 min

Elevation 6,537–7,258 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Bear Creek Trail · 39.17663, -120.22532

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start on Bear Creek Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Alpine Crags Road, heading E.
  3. 2.9 miSharp right, heading SW.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
  6. 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  8. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
  11. 2.9 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.3 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-16-km-32f8

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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