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.
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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 Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 44° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Beaver Street Extension, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Brockway Spring.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Beaver Street Extension, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Kings Beach Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miPass Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Viewpoint.
- 400 ftReach Picnic Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Kings Beach Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Beaver Street Extension, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Beaver Street Extension, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Beaver Street Extension Trailhead
- Brockway Spring & Powerline Loop 1.9 mi · ▲ 448 ft
- Beaver Street Extension & Saddle Loop 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,203 ft
- Beaver Street Extension 7.6 mi · ▲ 2,059 ft
- Beaver Street Extension 8.4 mi · ▲ 1,736 ft
- Beaver Street Extension 8.4 mi · ▲ 1,761 ft
- Tahoe Rim Viewpoint–Brockway Spring, 3 sights 9.4 mi · ▲ 2,570 ft
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