Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Tahoe Cross Country Silver Trail via Mount Watson Boulevard

12.9 mi · ▲ 2,123 ft · 5 hr 22 min

Tahoe Cross Country Silver Trail via Mount Watson Boulevard is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Comstock Acres, CA. It climbs 2,123 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,313 – 7,425 ft · steepest grade: 17%13.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain) 39.16913, -120.14884
Nearest town Comstock Acres, CA

Directions

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Tahoe Cross Country Silver Trail via Mount Watson Boulevard

12.9 mi · ▲ 2,123 ft · 5 hr 22 min

Elevation 6,313–7,426 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain) · 39.16913, -120.14884

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start on Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain), heading NW.
  2. 0.7 miBear right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading W.
  3. 3.7 miSharp right onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Cross Country Silver Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.7 miTurn left onto Water Tank Road, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miReach Tahoe Cross Country Silver Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Tahoe Cross Country Silver Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  14. 0.6 miTurn right onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading SW.
  15. 0.6 miSharp left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading W.
  16. 3.7 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain), heading E.
  17. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

89% dirt1% paved10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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