AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Bear Creek Trail

11.3 mi · ▲ 1,446 ft · 4 hr 29 min

Bear Creek Trail is an 11.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 1,446 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,477 – 7,258 ft · steepest grade: 19%11.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.14769, -120.21580
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA
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Bear Creek Trail

11.3 mi · ▲ 1,446 ft · 4 hr 29 min

Elevation 6,475–7,258 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.14769, -120.21580

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 1.8 miSharp left, heading N.
  4. 2.9 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Alpine Crags Road, heading E.
  7. 2.9 miSharp right, heading SW.
  8. 1.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 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-18-km-b72b

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 8:11 PM

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