Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Decommisioned State Park Road & Water Tank Road via Mount Watson Boulevard

12.5 mi · ▲ 2,042 ft · 5 hr 11 min

Decommisioned State Park Road & Water Tank Road via Mount Watson Boulevard is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Comstock Acres, CA. It climbs 2,042 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,313 – 7,425 ft · steepest grade: 16%12.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain) 39.16913, -120.14884
Nearest town Comstock Acres, CA

Directions

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Decommisioned State Park Road & Water Tank Road via Mount Watson Boulevard

12.5 mi · ▲ 2,042 ft · 5 hr 11 min

Elevation 6,313–7,426 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain) · 39.16913, -120.14884

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start on Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain), heading NW.
  2. 0.7 miBear right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading W.
  3. 3.7 miSharp right onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Cross Country Silver Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.6 miSharp right onto Decommisioned State Park Road, heading S.
  9. 200 ftTurn right onto Water Tank Road, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftReach Decommisioned State Park Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 100 ftTurn left onto Decommisioned State Park Road, heading E.
  12. 200 ftSharp left onto Tahoe Cross Country Silver Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  15. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  16. 0.6 miTurn right onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading SW.
  17. 0.6 miSharp left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading W.
  18. 3.7 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain), heading E.
  19. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

90% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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