Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Cinder Cone–OTB Trail, 4 sights
15.8 mi · ▲ 3,182 ft · 6 hr 51 min
Cinder Cone–OTB Trail, 4 sights is a 15.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 3,182 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Cinder Cone–OTB Trail, 4 sights
15.8 mi · ▲ 3,182 ft · 6 hr 51 min
Elevation 6,080–7,687 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.21316, -120.19892
Weather Sep 22: Partly cloudy, high 73°F / low 46° · precip 2% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 6:59 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Deer Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 2.3 miTurn right onto Western States Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Spur, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 400 ftBear left onto OTB Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Painted Rock North), heading NW.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Alternate), heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Cinder Cone, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach OTB Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Deer Creek Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Alternate), heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Painted Rock South), heading NW.
- 1.5 miBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto OTB Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 400 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Western States Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Deer Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 2.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Other ways to reach this destination
- 4.7 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 7.1 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 8.5 mi · loop · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 9.5 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 10.7 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 11.7 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
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