Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Bear Creek Trail
9.8 mi · ▲ 1,215 ft · 3 hr 52 min
Bear Creek Trail is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 1,215 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,703 – 7,258 ft · steepest grade: 16%10.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.17091, -120.23093
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA
Directions
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Bear Creek Trail
9.8 mi · ▲ 1,215 ft · 3 hr 52 min
Elevation 6,704–7,258 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.17091, -120.23093
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Alpine Crags Road, heading E.
- 2.9 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
- 2.9 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Bear Creek Trail
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Bear Creek Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Bear Creek Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Bear Creek Trail
- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Bear Creek Trail
- 4.1 mi · out & back · via Bear Creek Trail
- 4.2 mi · out & back · via Bear Creek Trail
- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Bear Creek Trail
More from this trailhead
- Tahoe Rim Trail 11 mi · ▲ 1,503 ft
- Alpine Crags Road 10.3 mi · ▲ 1,395 ft
- Alpine Crags Road 9.8 mi · ▲ 1,213 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 11.5 mi · ▲ 1,685 ft
- Bear Creek Trail 11.5 mi · ▲ 1,678 ft
- Bear Creek Trail 11 mi · ▲ 1,505 ft
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