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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Corral Trail–High Meadows OHV Trail, 5 sights

6.8 mi · ▲ 775 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Corral Trail–High Meadows OHV Trail, 5 sights is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near South Lake Tahoe, CA. It climbs 775 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,290 – 6,775 ft7.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lower Cold Creek 38.90246, -119.95681
Nearest town South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Corral Trail–High Meadows OHV Trail, 5 sights

6.8 mi · ▲ 775 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Elevation 6,289–6,776 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

  1. Start on Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading E.
  2. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto High Meadows OHV Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Powerline Road, heading SW.
  8. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Incense Cedar, heading SW.
  9. 1.9 miSharp right onto Corral Trail, heading W.
  10. 1.2 miTurn left onto Powerline Road, heading NW.
  11. 250 ftSharp right onto Railroad Grade Trail, heading W.
  12. 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  17. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading N.
  19. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/corral-trail-loop

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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