Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Bear Creek Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 585 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Bear Creek Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 585 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,697 – 7,258 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.17590, -120.21886
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA
Directions
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Bear Creek Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 585 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Elevation 6,698–7,257 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.17590, -120.21886
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bear Creek Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Alpine Crags Road, heading NE.
- 1.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 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 surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 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
- 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 9.5 mi · ▲ 1,261 ft
- Bear Creek Trail 9.5 mi · ▲ 1,288 ft
- Alpine Crags Road 8.3 mi · ▲ 971 ft
- Bear Creek Trail 8.3 mi · ▲ 998 ft
- Alpine Crags Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 559 ft
- Bear Creek Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 473 ft
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