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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.

Elevation

0 mi6,477 – 7,258 ft · steepest grade: 19%11.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail 39.14047, -120.19165
Nearest town Twin Peaks Estates, CA
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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 Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  3. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
  6. 2.9 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.9 miReach Bear Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Alpine Crags Road, heading E.
  9. 2.9 miSharp right, heading SW.
  10. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
  12. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bear-creek-trail-out-back-18-km-23b3

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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