Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Cedar Flat Trail–Lake Ridge Trail, 3 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 3,267 ft · 7 hr
Cedar Flat Trail–Lake Ridge Trail, 3 sights is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe Estates, CA. It climbs 3,267 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Cedar Flat Trail–Lake Ridge Trail, 3 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 3,267 ft · 7 hr
Elevation 6,451–7,556 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.24953, -120.05239
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 54°F / low 44° · precip 29% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Lake Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 3.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Sawmill Flat, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Watson Creek Road, heading S.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Cedar Flat Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lakeview Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Lake Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Cedar Flat Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Watson Creek Road, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Sawmill Flat, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
- 3.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- 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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