Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Bear Creek Trail
11 mi · ▲ 1,610 ft · 4 hr 28 min
Bear Creek Trail is an 11-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Twin Peaks Estates, CA. It climbs 1,610 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Bear Creek Trail
11 mi · ▲ 1,610 ft · 4 hr 28 min
Elevation 6,475–7,258 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail · 39.14047, -120.19165
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 84°F / low 47° · precip 0% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
- 2.9 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miReach Bear Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Alpine Crags Road, heading E.
- 2.9 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
- 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.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Tahoe Rim Trail Trailhead
- Tahoe Rim Trail (Ward Creek) & Tahoe Rim Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- William Kent Beach via Tahoe Rim Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 987 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 6 mi · ▲ 716 ft
- Estelle Lake via Tahoe Rim Trail 10 mi · ▲ 2,331 ft
- Alpine Crags Road via Tahoe Rim Trail 10 mi · ▲ 1,487 ft
- Bear Creek Trail 11 mi · ▲ 1,541 ft
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