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Blackjack is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Brockway Vista, CA. It climbs 3,296 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,546 – 8,160 ft · steepest grade: 28%17.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.25007, -119.99610
Nearest town Brockway Vista, CA

Directions

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Blackjack

15.3 mi · ▲ 3,296 ft · 6 hr 45 min

Elevation 6,546–8,159 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.25007, -119.99610

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
  15. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  19. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  20. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  21. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  22. 1 miSharp right, heading S.
  23. 0.1 miBear left onto Blackjack, heading S.
  24. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  25. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  26. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  27. 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  29. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  30. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  31. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  32. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  33. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  34. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  35. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SE.
  36. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  37. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  38. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  39. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  40. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  41. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  42. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  43. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  44. 1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  45. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  46. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  47. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  48. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  49. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  50. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  51. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  52. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  53. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  54. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  55. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  56. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  57. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  58. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  59. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  60. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
  61. 400 ftBear left, heading S.
  62. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  63. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  64. 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:00 PM

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