Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Lake Ridge Trail–Lake View Trail, 4 sights
12.9 mi · ▲ 2,100 ft · 5 hr 21 min
Lake Ridge Trail–Lake View Trail, 4 sights is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 2,100 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Lake Ridge Trail–Lake View Trail, 4 sights
12.9 mi · ▲ 2,100 ft · 5 hr 21 min
Elevation 6,315–7,556 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Pinedrop Trail · 39.24762, -120.03395
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 45° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 689 m from the trailhead
- Start on Pinedrop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lake View Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Lake Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 3.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Hanes Flat, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Watson Creek East Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Pickupsticks, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Lake View Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Watson Creek East Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Hanes Flat, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
- 3.7 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Lake View Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Pinedrop Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: stop 689 m from the trailhead
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