Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Cold Creek Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 312 ft · 59 min
Cold Creek Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near South Lake Tahoe, CA. It climbs 312 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,388 – 6,631 ft · steepest grade: 15%2.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 38.89839, -119.96325
Nearest town South Lake Tahoe, CA
Directions
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Cold Creek Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 312 ft · 59 min
Elevation 6,388–6,632 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.89839, -119.96325
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Cold Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Power Line Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
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- High Meadows Road 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,560 ft
- High Meadows Road 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,503 ft
- Cold Creek Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 336 ft
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