Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Beaver Tail Trail

6.8 mi · ▲ 752 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Beaver Tail Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kings Beach, CA. It climbs 752 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,414 – 6,880 ft7.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24538, -120.02436
Nearest town Kings Beach, CA

Directions

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Beaver Tail Trail

6.8 mi · ▲ 752 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Elevation 6,415–6,881 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.24538, -120.02436

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miBear left onto Fox, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading W.
  5. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  12. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  18. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  21. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  22. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  23. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  24. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  25. 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
  26. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  27. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  29. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  30. 0.3 miSharp left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SW.
  31. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  32. 300 ftContinue straight onto Fox, heading SW.
  33. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  34. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  35. 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 surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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