Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Blackwood Creek Middle Fork Road
6.1 mi · ▲ 1,287 ft · 2 hr 41 min
Blackwood Creek Middle Fork Road is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Homewood, CA. It climbs 1,287 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Blackwood Creek Middle Fork Road
6.1 mi · ▲ 1,287 ft · 2 hr 41 min
Elevation 6,402–7,709 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Blackwood Creek Middle Fork Road · 39.07651, -120.23312
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blackwood Creek Middle Fork Road, heading E.
- 3.1 miReach Blackwood Creek Middle Fork Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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