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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Picnic Rock–Brockway Spring, 4 sights

10 mi · ▲ 1,755 ft · 4 hr 13 min

Picnic Rock–Brockway Spring, 4 sights is a 10-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Brockway Vista, CA. The route passes Brockway Spring and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint before reaching Picnic Rock at the turnaround, 5 miles in. It climbs 1,755 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,677 – 7,769 ft · steepest grade: 20%10.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Beaver Street Extension 39.24814, -120.01387
Nearest town Brockway Vista, CA
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Picnic Rock–Brockway Spring, 4 sights

10 mi · ▲ 1,755 ft · 4 hr 13 min

Elevation 6,677–7,770 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Beaver Street Extension · 39.24814, -120.01387

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Beaver Street Extension, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Brockway Spring.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Beaver Street Extension, heading N.
  5. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
  6. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  9. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 1 miBear left, heading W.
  11. 0.5 miBear right onto Kings Beach Trail, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  13. 1.1 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.7 miPass Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint.
  15. 400 ftReach Picnic Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  17. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  18. 1.1 miBear right onto Kings Beach Trail, heading E.
  19. 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
  20. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  21. 1 miTurn left, heading S.
  22. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  25. 0.5 miSharp left onto Beaver Street Extension, heading SE.
  26. 0.7 miBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftBear right onto Beaver Street Extension, heading SW.
  28. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/brockway-spring-out-back-18-km-4861

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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