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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Charging Bear–Cinder Cone Spur, 7 sights

7.3 mi · ▲ 1,458 ft · 3 hr 10 min

Charging Bear–Cinder Cone Spur, 7 sights is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Rampart, CA. It climbs 1,458 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,155 – 7,290 ft · steepest grade: 22%8.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail 39.18360, -120.19566
Nearest town Rampart, CA
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Charging Bear–Cinder Cone Spur, 7 sights

7.3 mi · ▲ 1,458 ft · 3 hr 10 min

Elevation 6,154–7,291 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Truckee River Bike Trail · 39.18360, -120.19566

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 86°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Western States, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 0.4 miSharp left onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miBear left onto Cinder Cone, heading SE.
  12. 150 ftTurn right onto S.S. Wallternate, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Missing Link, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  15. 250 ftBear left onto Upper Missing Link, heading N.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto S.S. Wallternate, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left onto Valley View Spur, heading NW.
  18. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading SE.
  20. 350 ftContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto Deer Creek Road, heading NE.
  22. 250 ftContinue straight onto Fast Eddie's, heading E.
  23. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Charging Bear, heading S.
  24. 0.4 miReach Western States, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  25. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Fast Eddie's, heading NW.
  26. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Deer Creek Road, heading W.
  27. 200 ftBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Deer Creek Road, heading W.
  29. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftBear left onto Valley View Spur, heading NW.
  31. 300 ftTurn right onto S.S. Wallternate, heading N.
  32. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Upper Missing Link, heading NW.
  33. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  34. 200 ftBear left onto Lower Missing Link, heading NW.
  35. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  36. 250 ftContinue straight onto S.S. Wallternate, heading W.
  37. 0.2 miTurn left onto Cinder Cone, heading SE.
  38. 150 ftBear right onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading SE.
  39. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  40. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  41. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  42. 0.1 miTurn right onto Western States, heading W.
  43. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading SW.
  44. 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
  45. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  46. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  47. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bear-trap-connector-cinder-cone-spur-out-back-7-sights-12-km

Trail surface

72% dirt28% paved

Weather

ClearTemperature 86°F50°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity23%
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°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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