Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Bear Trap Connector–Cinder Cone Spur, 8 sights
14.3 mi · ▲ 3,102 ft · 6 hr 19 min
Bear Trap Connector–Cinder Cone Spur, 8 sights is a 14.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 3,102 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Bear Trap Connector–Cinder Cone Spur, 8 sights
14.3 mi · ▲ 3,102 ft · 6 hr 19 min
Elevation 6,152–7,308 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: World Cup Trail · 39.19545, -120.23181
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 86°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on World Cup Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Western States Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Western States, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Cinder Cone, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Painted Rock South), heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Deer Creek Road, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bear Trap Connector, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Stumpy Super G, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bear Trap Connector, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Antone Meadows Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miReach World Cup Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Bear Trap Connector, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Stumpy Super G, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bear Trap Connector, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading W.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Painted Rock South), heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Cinder Cone, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Western States, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Western States Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto World Cup Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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