Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Deer Creek Road–Fast Eddie's, 5 sights
14.5 mi · ▲ 3,166 ft · 6 hr 25 min
Deer Creek Road–Fast Eddie's, 5 sights is a 14.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Ponderosa Palisades, CA. It climbs 3,166 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Deer Creek Road–Fast Eddie's, 5 sights
14.5 mi · ▲ 3,166 ft · 6 hr 25 min
Elevation 6,240–7,680 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.24336, -120.18268
Weather Sep 21: Overcast, high 70°F / low 50° · precip 11% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Big Chief Trail (Middle), heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Deer Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Western States Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Spur, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left onto OTB Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Painted Rock North), heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Painted Bear, heading SW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Charging Bear, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fast Eddie's, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Deer Creek Road, heading S.
- 50 ftReach OTB Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Fast Eddie's, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Charging Bear, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Painted Bear, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Painted Rock North), heading NW.
- 500 ftBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto OTB Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 400 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Western States Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Deer Creek Trail, heading N.
- 1.7 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Big Chief Trail (Middle), heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Other ways to reach this destination
- 4.7 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 7.1 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 8.5 mi · loop · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 10.7 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 11.7 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
- 12.4 mi · out & back · via Mount Watson Boulevard
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- Big Chief Trail (Middle) 9.7 mi · ▲ 1,462 ft
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