Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Charging Bear–Cinder Cone Spur, 9 sights

16 mi · ▲ 2,010 ft · 6 hr 20 min

Charging Bear–Cinder Cone Spur, 9 sights is a 16-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 2,010 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,116 – 7,290 ft · steepest grade: 26%17.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Olympic Valley Bike Trail 39.19874, -120.22954
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA

Directions

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Charging Bear–Cinder Cone Spur, 9 sights

16 mi · ▲ 2,010 ft · 6 hr 20 min

Elevation 6,116–7,291 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Olympic Valley Bike Trail · 39.19874, -120.22954

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 86°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading NE.
  2. 1.6 miBear right onto Olympic Valley-Western States Connector, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Olympic Valley-Western States Connector, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  7. 500 ftTurn right onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 0.6 miSharp left onto Western States, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miSharp left onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading NE.
  14. 0.2 miBear left onto Cinder Cone, heading E.
  15. 150 ftTurn right onto S.S. Wallternate, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Missing Link, heading E.
  17. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  18. 250 ftBear left onto Upper Missing Link, heading S.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto S.S. Wallternate, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left onto Valley View Spur, heading N.
  21. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  22. 50 ftTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading NW.
  23. 350 ftContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftBear left onto Deer Creek Road, heading SE.
  25. 250 ftContinue straight onto Fast Eddie's, heading N.
  26. 0.4 miTurn left onto Charging Bear, heading S.
  27. 0.6 miTurn left onto Whoop-dee-doo, heading N.
  28. 2.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  29. 0.5 miReach Olympic Valley Bike Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  30. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  31. 2.2 miTurn right onto Charging Bear, heading W.
  32. 0.6 miTurn right onto Fast Eddie's, heading NW.
  33. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Deer Creek Road, heading SW.
  34. 200 ftBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Deer Creek Road, heading W.
  36. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  37. 50 ftBear left onto Valley View Spur, heading W.
  38. 300 ftTurn right onto S.S. Wallternate, heading W.
  39. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Upper Missing Link, heading W.
  40. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  41. 200 ftBear left onto Lower Missing Link, heading N.
  42. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  43. 250 ftContinue straight onto S.S. Wallternate, heading NW.
  44. 0.2 miTurn left onto Cinder Cone, heading W.
  45. 150 ftBear right onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading SW.
  46. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  47. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  48. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  49. 0.1 miTurn right onto Western States, heading N.
  50. 0.1 miSharp right onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading S.
  51. 0.6 miTurn left onto Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading SE.
  52. 0.2 miTurn right onto Olympic Valley-Western States Connector, heading NW.
  53. 50 ftContinue straight onto Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading NW.
  54. 50 ftBear right onto Olympic Valley-Western States Connector, heading NW.
  55. 50 ftBear left onto Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading NW.
  56. 1.3 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

69% dirt30% paved1% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 86°F50°
Precip0%Wind1 mphUV8Humidity20%
Hourly temperature
90°50°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue 86°61°
Wed 85°58°
Thu 89°58°
Fri 90°59°
Sat 89°60°
Sun 88°58°

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