Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Devron Connector–Tahoe Mountain Trail, 4 sights

7.8 mi · ▲ 1,492 ft · 3 hr 21 min

Devron Connector–Tahoe Mountain Trail, 4 sights is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tallac Village, CA. It climbs 1,492 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,247 – 7,241 ft · steepest grade: 17%8.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Truckee Marsh 38.92356, -120.02660
Nearest town Tallac Village, CA

Directions

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Devron Connector–Tahoe Mountain Trail, 4 sights

7.8 mi · ▲ 1,492 ft · 3 hr 21 min

Elevation 6,248–7,243 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Truckee Marsh · 38.92356, -120.02660

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Truckee Marsh, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 450 ftTurn left onto Sand Harbor, heading SE.
  4. 250 ftBear right onto Truckee Marsh, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Panther, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miSharp left onto Tahoe Mountain Trail, heading S.
  7. 1.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Valley View Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.3 miSharp right onto Devron Connector, heading SE.
  14. 0.3 miReach Truckee Marsh, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.3 miSharp left onto Valley View Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Mountain Trail, heading N.
  21. 1.5 miSharp right onto Panther, heading SE.
  22. 500 ftTurn left onto Truckee Marsh, heading SE.
  23. 0.3 miBear left onto Sand Harbor, heading N.
  24. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 450 ftBear right onto Truckee Marsh, heading NE.
  26. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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