AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Cowboy Hat Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 972 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Cowboy Hat Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Meyers, CA. It climbs 972 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,516 – 7,241 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.85555, -119.99582
Nearest town Meyers, CA
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Cowboy Hat Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 972 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Elevation 6,516–7,241 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 38.85555, -119.99582

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  4. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Cowboy Hat Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.8 miReach Cowboy Hat Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  9. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 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-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:09 PM

Other ways to reach this destination

Hikes near Meyers, California