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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Bear Trap Connector–Cinder Cone Spur, 4 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 1,355 ft · 2 hr 17 min

Bear Trap Connector–Cinder Cone Spur, 4 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 1,355 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,270 – 7,307 ft · steepest grade: 26%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.20255, -120.19711
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA
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Bear Trap Connector–Cinder Cone Spur, 4 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 1,355 ft · 2 hr 17 min

Elevation 6,270–7,308 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.20255, -120.19711

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 86°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 0.4 miSharp left onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miBear left onto Cinder Cone, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading NW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Painted Rock South), heading E.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Deer Creek Road, heading SE.
  9. 0.7 miTurn left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Bear Trap Connector, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miReach Cinder Cone Spur, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading W.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading W.
  14. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Painted Rock South), heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  16. 150 ftTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading N.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left onto Cinder Cone, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miBear right onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bear-trap-connector-cinder-cone-spur-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

98% dirt1% paved1% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 86°F50°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV8Humidity22%
Hourly temperature
90°50°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue 86°61°
Wed 85°58°
Thu 88°58°
Fri 88°59°
Sat 89°59°
Sun 89°57°

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