Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Cold Creek Trail–High Meadows Road, 4 sights
7.1 mi · ▲ 1,494 ft · 3 hr 7 min
Cold Creek Trail–High Meadows Road, 4 sights is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near South Lake Tahoe, CA. It climbs 1,494 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,398 – 7,848 ft · steepest grade: 21%7.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lower Cold Creek 38.90246, -119.95681
Nearest town South Lake Tahoe, CA
Directions
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Cold Creek Trail–High Meadows Road, 4 sights
7.1 mi · ▲ 1,494 ft · 3 hr 7 min
Elevation 6,399–7,849 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Lower Cold Creek · 38.90246, -119.95681
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start on Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cold Creek Trail, heading E.
- 2.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftReach Lower Cold Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto High Meadows Road, heading S.
- 2.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Powerline Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
72% dirt28% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
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