Cinder Cone Spur–Decommisioned State Park Road, 9 sights
13.8 mi · ▲ 3,027 ft · 6 hr 7 min
Cinder Cone Spur–Decommisioned State Park Road, 9 sights is a 13.8-mile out-and-back in Burton Creek State Park near Tahoe City, CA. It climbs 3,027 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Cinder Cone Spur–Decommisioned State Park Road, 9 sights
13.8 mi · ▲ 3,027 ft · 6 hr 7 min
Elevation 6,152–7,500 ft
Out & Back · Burton Creek State Park
Trailhead: Decommisioned State Park Road · 39.17514, -120.13859
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 85°F / low 47° · precip 0% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Decommisioned State Park Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Jackpine/Old State Park Road Connector, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Ocelot, heading SW.
- 1 miBear right onto Ocelot/Stumpy Connector, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Stumpy Connector, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Powerline, heading SW.
- 1 miBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Upper Missing Link, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 200 ftBear left onto Lower Missing Link, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto S.S. Wallternate, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Cinder Cone, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Western States, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Western States Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miReach Decommisioned State Park Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Western States, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Cinder Cone, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto S.S. Wallternate, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Missing Link, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Upper Missing Link, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Powerline, heading SE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Stumpy Connector, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Ocelot/Stumpy Connector, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Ocelot, heading E.
- 1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Jackpine/Old State Park Road Connector, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Decommisioned State Park Road, heading SE.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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