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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Benwood Residential Spur via Pacific Crest Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 1 hr 4 min

Benwood Residential Spur via Pacific Crest Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Nebelhorn, CA. It is mostly level, with 200 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,386 – 7,533 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pony Express Connector Trail 38.81470, -120.03404
Nearest town Nebelhorn, CA
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Benwood Residential Spur via Pacific Crest Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 1 hr 4 min

Elevation 7,387–7,532 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Pony Express Connector Trail · 38.81470, -120.03404

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 80°F / low 54° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pony Express Connector Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Echo Summit Trailhead Access Spur, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Benwood Residential Spur, heading S.
  6. 0.6 miReach Benwood Residential Spur, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.3 miBear right onto Echo Summit Trailhead Access Spur, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pony Express Connector Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miArrive 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/benwood-residential-spur-out-back

Trail surface

91% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 80°F54°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV8Humidity24%
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 6:05 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:09 PM
Wed 80°58°
Thu 86°59°
Fri 86°60°
Sat 86°61°
Sun 85°60°
Mon 84°58°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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