Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Cowboy Hat Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 878 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Cowboy Hat Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Meyers, CA. It climbs 878 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,598 – 7,241 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 38.85312, -119.99474
Nearest town Meyers, CA
Directions
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Cowboy Hat Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 878 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 6,598–7,241 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.85312, -119.99474
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:00 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Cowboy Hat Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miReach Cowboy Hat Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 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
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:00 PM
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