Chipmunk–KB Trail, 3 sights is a 15.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 2,674 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,139 – 7,632 ft · steepest grade: 22%16.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Elizabethtown Meadows Trail 39.28706, -120.10392
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA
Directions
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Chipmunk–KB Trail, 3 sights
15.6 mi · ▲ 2,674 ft · 6 hr 32 min
Elevation 6,139–7,631 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Elizabethtown Meadows Trail · 39.28706, -120.10392
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 88°F / low 44° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 473 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Elizabethtown Meadows Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 400 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right onto KB Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Kings Beach Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Chipmunk, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach KB Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Kings Beach Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto KB Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Elizabethtown Meadows Trail, heading W.
- 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
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 88°F44°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity20%
Hourly temperature
90°40°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue
88°58°
Wed
88°58°
Thu
91°58°
Fri
92°58°
Sat
91°60°
Sun
90°58°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~67 min). Leave by 6:45 PM for the 8:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 473 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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