Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Tahoe Mountain Trail–Truckee Marsh Loop, 3 sights
8.2 mi · ▲ 1,545 ft · 3 hr 30 min
Tahoe Mountain Trail–Truckee Marsh Loop, 3 sights is an 8.2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tallac Village, CA. It climbs 1,545 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tahoe Mountain Trail–Truckee Marsh Loop, 3 sights
8.2 mi · ▲ 1,545 ft · 3 hr 30 min
Elevation 6,232–7,243 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.90359, -120.03794
Weather Sep 22: Fog, high 71°F / low 44° · precip 4% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 6:59 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miSharp right onto Panther, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Truckee Marsh, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Sand Harbor, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right onto Truckee Marsh, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Truckee Marsh Loop, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Tahoe Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Truckee Marsh, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Sand Harbor, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Truckee Marsh, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Panther, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Tahoe Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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