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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Cinder Cone Spur–Deer Creek Road, 8 sights

10.1 mi · ▲ 1,508 ft · 4 hr 7 min

Cinder Cone Spur–Deer Creek Road, 8 sights is a 10.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Alpine Meadows, CA. It climbs 1,508 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,116 – 7,290 ft · steepest grade: 27%11.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Olympic Valley Bike Trail 39.19874, -120.22954
Nearest town Alpine Meadows, CA
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Cinder Cone Spur–Deer Creek Road, 8 sights

10.1 mi · ▲ 1,508 ft · 4 hr 7 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 miContinue straight onto Charging Bear, heading S.
  27. 250 ftContinue straight onto Fast Eddie's, heading SE.
  28. 0.3 miTurn left onto Deer Creek Road, heading E.
  29. 50 ftReach Olympic Valley Bike Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  30. 50 ftTurn right onto Fast Eddie's, heading SE.
  31. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Charging Bear, heading SE.
  32. 300 ftContinue straight onto Fast Eddie's, heading SE.
  33. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Deer Creek Road, heading NW.
  34. 200 ftBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Deer Creek Road, heading N.
  36. 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
  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 N.
  40. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  41. 200 ftBear left onto Lower Missing Link, heading W.
  42. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  43. 250 ftContinue straight onto S.S. Wallternate, heading SW.
  44. 0.2 miTurn left onto Cinder Cone, heading S.
  45. 150 ftBear right onto Cinder Cone Spur, heading NW.
  46. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  47. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  48. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  49. 0.1 miTurn right onto Western States, heading SW.
  50. 0.1 miSharp right onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading W.
  51. 0.6 miTurn left onto Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading W.
  52. 0.2 miTurn right onto Olympic Valley-Western States Connector, heading N.
  53. 50 ftContinue straight onto Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading N.
  54. 50 ftBear right onto Olympic Valley-Western States Connector, heading N.
  55. 50 ftBear left onto Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading N.
  56. 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cinder-cone-spur-deer-creek-road-out-back-8-sights-49fb

Trail surface

50% dirt49% 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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