Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Cold Creek Trail Loop
2.5 mi · ▲ 422 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Cold Creek Trail Loop is a 2.5-mile loop in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fountain Place, CA. It climbs 422 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Cold Creek Trail Loop
2.5 mi · ▲ 422 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Elevation 6,559–6,979 ft
Loop · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: High Meadows Trailhead · 38.89558, -119.94828
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 84°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Power Line Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Cold Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Cold Creek Connector, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto High Meadows Road, heading E.
- 1.1 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from High Meadows Trailhead Trailhead
- High Meadows Spur Trail–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 195 ft
- Powerline Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- High Meadows OHV Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 243 ft
- Lower Cold Creek Trail–Lower Cold Creek, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 334 ft
- High Meadows Road 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,308 ft
- Al Tahoe Connector–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 3 sights 6.6 mi · ▲ 534 ft
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