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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Cedar Flat Trail–Tahoe Rim Trail, 3 sights

14.6 mi · ▲ 2,617 ft · 6 hr 11 min

Cedar Flat Trail–Tahoe Rim Trail, 3 sights is a 14.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 2,617 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,756 – 7,556 ft · steepest grade: 27%15.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail 39.25856, -120.06450
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA
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Cedar Flat Trail–Tahoe Rim Trail, 3 sights

14.6 mi · ▲ 2,617 ft · 6 hr 11 min

Elevation 6,755–7,556 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail · 39.25856, -120.06450

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  2. 3.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 150 ftSharp left onto Hanes Flat, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Watson Creek East Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.8 miTurn right onto Watson Creek Trail, heading SW.
  6. 250 ftSharp left onto Sawmill Flat, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miBear right onto Watson Creek Road, heading SE.
  8. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Cedar Flat Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 0.5 miSharp right, heading SE.
  11. 500 ftBear right, heading SW.
  12. 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  13. 250 ftReach Tahoe Rim Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 300 ftBear left, heading SW.
  15. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  16. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  17. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Watson Creek Road, heading E.
  18. 0.8 miBear left onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miSharp right onto Watson Creek Trail, heading N.
  20. 250 ftTurn left onto Watson Creek East Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.8 miTurn left onto Hanes Flat, heading N.
  22. 100 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  23. 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  24. 3.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/burton-creek-singletrack-cedar-flat-trail-out-back-3-sights-26-km

Trail surface

98% dirt1% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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