Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Burton Creek Singletrack–Charging Bear, 5 sights
9 mi · ▲ 921 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Burton Creek Singletrack–Charging Bear, 5 sights is a 9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Lake Forest, CA. It climbs 921 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,536 – 7,290 ft9.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.19369, -120.12098
Nearest town Lake Forest, CA
Directions
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Burton Creek Singletrack–Charging Bear, 5 sights
9 mi · ▲ 921 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Elevation 6,536–7,291 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.19369, -120.12098
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Burton Creek Singletrack, heading W.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Whoop-dee-doo, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Charging Bear, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Fast Eddie's, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Deer Creek Road, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Deer Creek Road, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Valley View Spur, heading NW.
- 350 ftReach Burton Creek Singletrack, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Deer Creek Road, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Fast Eddie's, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Charging Bear, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Whoop-dee-doo, heading NE.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Burton Creek Singletrack, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
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