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

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

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 Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 85°F / low 41° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

  1. Start on Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading E.
  2. 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading E.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cold Creek Trail, heading E.
  6. 2.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 400 ftReach Lower Cold Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.7 miContinue straight onto High Meadows Road, heading S.
  9. 2.5 miBear right, heading W.
  10. 250 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Powerline Trail, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  15. 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

Partly cloudyTemperature 85°F41°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity22%
Hourly temperature
85°40°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue 88°57°
Wed 88°57°
Thu 92°59°
Fri 91°61°
Sat 92°61°
Sun 92°59°

Other ways to reach this destination

More from Lower Cold Creek Trailhead