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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Cowboy Hat Trail–Cowboy Traverse, 4 sights

8.7 mi · ▲ 2,134 ft · 3 hr 58 min

Cowboy Hat Trail–Cowboy Traverse, 4 sights is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Meyers, CA. It climbs 2,134 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,372 – 8,209 ft · steepest grade: 27%8.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.86419, -119.98956
Nearest town Meyers, CA
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Cowboy Hat Trail–Cowboy Traverse, 4 sights

8.7 mi · ▲ 2,134 ft · 3 hr 58 min

Elevation 6,373–8,207 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 38.86419, -119.98956

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Saxon Creek Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.9 miBear left, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  5. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Cowboy Hat Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.8 miTurn left onto Cowboy Traverse, heading SE.
  8. 1.2 miTurn left onto Warr Trail, heading SW.
  9. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Saxon Creek Trail, heading NE.
  10. 2.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  12. 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
  13. 0.6 miArrive 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/cowboy-hat-trail-cowboy-traverse-out-back-4-sights-14-km-c9ee

Trail surface

81% dirt19% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:00 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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