AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Bear Creek Trail

5 mi · ▲ 825 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Bear Creek Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 825 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,477 – 7,258 ft · steepest grade: 19%5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bear Creek Trail 39.17901, -120.22996
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA
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Bear Creek Trail

5 mi · ▲ 825 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Elevation 6,475–7,257 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Bear Creek Trail · 39.17901, -120.22996

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 84°F / low 49° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

  1. Start on Bear Creek Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Alpine Crags Road, heading NE.
  3. 1.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  4. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
  5. 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-8-km-2b2a

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

ClearTemperature 84°F49°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV8Humidity20%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue 85°60°
Wed 84°57°
Thu 87°57°
Fri 89°57°
Sat 88°58°
Sun 87°57°

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