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Lookout Mountain–Booster, 4 sights is a 14.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Bay, CA. The route reaches Lookout Mountain at the turnaround, 7.3 miles in. It climbs 2,360 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,322 – 8,065 ft · steepest grade: 26%15.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.23364, -120.07887
Nearest town Carnelian Bay, CA

Directions

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Lookout Mountain–Booster, 4 sights

14.6 mi · ▲ 2,360 ft · 6 hr 3 min

Elevation 6,323–8,066 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.23364, -120.07887

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 763 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto BP, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
  4. 1.4 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.7 miTurn right onto Sawmill Flat, heading SW.
  6. 1.3 miSharp left onto Sawmill, heading N.
  7. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miBear right onto Knick Knack, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miSharp left onto The Woods, heading NW.
  10. 100 ftBear left onto Tryumph, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miSharp left onto River Styx, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miSharp right onto Flameout, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Wirecutter, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Flameout, heading NW.
  15. 350 ftBear left onto Karpiel, heading W.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Flameout, heading W.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Playground, heading SW.
  19. 400 ftBear left onto Snake, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miBear right onto Booster, heading SW.
  21. 0.5 miBear right onto Tryumph, heading N.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lookout, heading NW.
  23. 150 ftContinue straight onto Coaster, heading NW.
  24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lookout, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  26. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  28. 250 ftTurn left onto Tell No Tales, heading N.
  29. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  30. 0.2 miReach Lookout Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  31. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  32. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  33. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  34. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  35. 250 ftContinue straight onto Lookout, heading NW.
  36. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Coaster, heading E.
  37. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lookout, heading N.
  38. 150 ftTurn left onto Tryumph, heading NE.
  39. 0.2 miBear left onto Booster, heading S.
  40. 0.5 miBear left onto Snake, heading S.
  41. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  42. 300 ftContinue straight onto Playground, heading SE.
  43. 0.3 miBear left onto Flameout, heading SE.
  44. 50 ftTurn left onto Karpiel, heading SE.
  45. 50 ftBear right onto Flameout, heading SE.
  46. 350 ftBear left onto Wirecutter, heading E.
  47. 50 ftTurn right onto Flameout, heading NE.
  48. 0.2 miSharp left onto River Styx, heading N.
  49. 0.2 miSharp right onto Tryumph, heading NE.
  50. 0.1 miBear right onto The Woods, heading NE.
  51. 150 ftSharp right onto Knick Knack, heading E.
  52. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  53. 0.3 miBear right onto Sawmill, heading N.
  54. 400 ftSharp right, heading N.
  55. 1.3 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading S.
  56. 0.7 miSharp right, heading S.
  57. 1.4 miSharp left onto BP, heading E.
  58. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  59. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

91% dirt6% gravel3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:10 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 763 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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