Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Beaver Tail Trail
4 mi · ▲ 610 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Beaver Tail Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 610 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,510 – 6,880 ft4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25565, -120.03469
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA
Directions
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Beaver Tail Trail
4 mi · ▲ 610 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 6,509–6,881 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.25565, -120.03469
Weather Sep 5: Drizzle, high 51°F / low 41° · precip 28% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 426 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 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
DrizzleTemperature 51°F41°
Feels like38°Precip28%Wind5 mphUV5Humidity74%
Rained 0.1″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
55°40°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:28 PM
Sat
59°40°
Sun
59°40°
Mon
70°39°
Tue
73°46°
Wed
76°53°
16%
Thu
77°55°
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 426 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via Beaver Tail Trail
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via Beaver Tail Trail
- 4.1 mi · out & back · via Beaver Tail Trail
- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Beaver Tail Trail
- 4.7 mi · out & back · via Beaver Tail Trail
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Beaver Tail Trail
- 4.9 mi · out & back · via Beaver Tail Trail
- 5 mi · out & back · via Beaver Tail Trail
More from this trailhead
- Lake Vista Road 2.6 mi · ▲ 439 ft
- Lake Vista Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 498 ft
- Kings Beach Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 879 ft
- Beaver Street Extension 3.5 mi · ▲ 495 ft
- Beaver Street Extension 3.6 mi · ▲ 555 ft
- Tahoe Rim Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 510 ft
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