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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Cowboy Hat Trail & Saxon Connector

4 mi · ▲ 961 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Cowboy Hat Trail & Saxon Connector is a 4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Meyers, CA. It climbs 961 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,378 – 7,241 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.84202, -120.01795
Nearest town Meyers, CA
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Cowboy Hat Trail & Saxon Connector

4 mi · ▲ 961 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Elevation 6,377–7,241 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 38.84202, -120.01795

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 86°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left onto Saxon Connector, heading NE.
  3. 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right onto Cowboy Hat Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.8 miReach Saxon Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.8 miSharp left, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  8. 400 ftContinue straight onto Saxon Connector, heading S.
  9. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  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-saxon-connector-out-back-6-km-2841

Trail surface

89% dirt11% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 86°F48°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV9Humidity21%
Hourly temperature
90°45°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue 86°62°
Wed 86°63°
Thu 89°63°
Fri 89°64°
Sat 89°64°
Sun 90°63°

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