Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Beaver Tail Trail & Old Powerline
10.6 mi · ▲ 2,673 ft · 4 hr 52 min
Beaver Tail Trail & Old Powerline is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Incline Village, NV. It climbs 2,673 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Beaver Tail Trail & Old Powerline
10.6 mi · ▲ 2,673 ft · 4 hr 52 min
Elevation 6,438–7,732 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.26034, -119.96449
Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 66°F / low 48° · precip 2% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 6:59 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Old Powerline, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miReach Old Powerline, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Old Powerline, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~100 min). Leave by 4:58 PM for the 6:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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 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
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