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Captain Pomin Trail & Old Highway 50 is a 2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Glenbrook, NV. It climbs 416 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,956 – 7,215 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Highway 50 39.09645, -119.91078
Nearest town Glenbrook, NV

Directions

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Captain Pomin Trail & Old Highway 50

2 mi · ▲ 416 ft · 52 min

Elevation 6,956–7,215 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Old Highway 50 · 39.09645, -119.91078

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 82°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

  1. Start on Old Highway 50, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 0.6 miBear right onto Captain Pomin Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miReach Old Highway 50, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 0.6 miBear left onto Old Highway 50, heading NE.
  7. 500 ftArrive 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

ClearTemperature 82°F56°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity22%
Hourly temperature
85°55°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue 82°63°
Wed 83°56°
Thu 88°53°
Fri 89°54°
Sat 89°55°
Sun 88°54°

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