AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Dardanelles Lake–Christmas Valley Trail, 3 sights

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,586 ft · 3 hr 58 min

Dardanelles Lake–Christmas Valley Trail, 3 sights is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Nebelhorn, CA. The route reaches Dardanelles Lake at the turnaround, 4.7 miles in. It climbs 1,586 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,510 – 7,822 ft9.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Christmas Valley Trail 38.79583, -120.01780
Nearest town Nebelhorn, CA
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Dardanelles Lake–Christmas Valley Trail, 3 sights

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,586 ft · 3 hr 58 min

Elevation 6,510–7,823 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Christmas Valley Trail · 38.79583, -120.01780

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

  1. Start on Christmas Valley Trail, heading SE.
  2. 3.6 miTurn right onto Dardanelles Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1.1 miReach Dardanelles Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.1 miTurn left onto Christmas Valley Trail, heading NW.
  5. 2.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 1.3 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/dardanelles-lake-dardanelles-lake-out-back-15-km

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 8:09 PM

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Hikes near Nebelhorn, California