Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Cold Creek Trail–High Meadows OHV Trail, 4 sights
14.1 mi · ▲ 2,217 ft · 5 hr 49 min
Cold Creek Trail–High Meadows OHV Trail, 4 sights is a 14.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fountain Place, CA. It climbs 2,217 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Cold Creek Trail–High Meadows OHV Trail, 4 sights
14.1 mi · ▲ 2,217 ft · 5 hr 49 min
Elevation 6,451–7,777 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Armstrong Connector Trail · 38.86677, -119.95640
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 82°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Corral Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Sierra Sidewinder, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Corral Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Sierra Sidewinder, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Corral Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Incense Cedar, heading NE.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Powerline Road, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto High Meadows OHV Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Cold Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 2.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 400 ftReach Sierra Sidewinder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.9 miSharp left onto Power Line Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto High Meadows OHV Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Powerline Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Incense Cedar, heading SW.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Corral Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sierra Sidewinder, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Corral Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Sierra Sidewinder, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Corral Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Armstrong Connector Trail Trailhead
- Armstrong Connector Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 610 ft
- Corral Trail & Sierra Sidewinder 4.1 mi · ▲ 694 ft
- Corral Trail–Incense Cedar, 5 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 826 ft
- High Meadows OHV Trail–Incense Cedar, 5 sights 9.6 mi · ▲ 1,161 ft
- Armstrong Pass–Armstrong Connector Trail, 3 sights 11 mi · ▲ 1,673 ft
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