Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Bear Creek Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 975 ft · 2 hr 19 min

Bear Creek Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 975 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,703 – 7,258 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Bear Creek Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 975 ft · 2 hr 19 min

Elevation 6,704–7,257 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. 1.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  8. 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 surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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