AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Bear Creek Trail

11.5 mi · ▲ 1,678 ft · 4 hr 40 min

Bear Creek Trail is an 11.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 1,678 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,536 – 7,258 ft · steepest grade: 17%12.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.16913, -120.23186
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA
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Bear Creek Trail

11.5 mi · ▲ 1,678 ft · 4 hr 40 min

Elevation 6,537–7,258 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.16913, -120.23186

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  3. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading E.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Alpine Crags Road, heading E.
  5. 2.9 miSharp right, heading SW.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
  8. 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  10. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
  13. 2.9 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  15. 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-19-km-f01d

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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