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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Burton Creek Singletrack, heading W.
  3. 0.6 miSharp left, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Whoop-dee-doo, heading W.
  7. 1.1 miTurn right onto Charging Bear, heading S.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right onto Fast Eddie's, heading SW.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Deer Creek Road, heading N.
  10. 250 ftBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Deer Creek Road, heading W.
  12. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto Valley View Spur, heading NW.
  14. 350 ftReach Burton Creek Singletrack, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading NW.
  17. 350 ftContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftBear left onto Deer Creek Road, heading SW.
  19. 200 ftContinue straight onto Fast Eddie's, heading S.
  20. 0.4 miTurn left onto Charging Bear, heading E.
  21. 0.6 miTurn left onto Whoop-dee-doo, heading NE.
  22. 1.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  23. 0.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 0.1 miSharp right onto Burton Creek Singletrack, heading SE.
  25. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  26. 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

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