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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Lookout Mountain–Dollar Reservoir, 5 sights

15.2 mi · ▲ 2,094 ft · 6 hr 7 min

Lookout Mountain–Dollar Reservoir, 5 sights is a 15.2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Dollar Point, CA. The route passes Dollar Reservoir before reaching Lookout Mountain at the turnaround, 7.6 miles in. It climbs 2,094 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,510 – 8,065 ft · steepest grade: 24%16.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Dollar Creek Shared Use Path 39.19482, -120.10422
Nearest town Dollar Point, CA
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Lookout Mountain–Dollar Reservoir, 5 sights

15.2 mi · ▲ 2,094 ft · 6 hr 7 min

Elevation 6,508–8,066 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Dollar Creek Shared Use Path · 39.19482, -120.10422

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  4. 400 ftPass Dollar Reservoir.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right onto Reservoir Run, heading NE.
  11. 450 ftTurn left onto Fulton Circle, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto BP, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  15. 350 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
  16. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Watson Creek Road, heading N.
  17. 100 ftBear left onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
  18. 2.1 miSharp left onto Sawmill, heading N.
  19. 400 ftBear left, heading N.
  20. 0.3 miBear right onto Knick Knack, heading SW.
  21. 0.3 miSharp left onto The Woods, heading NW.
  22. 100 ftBear left onto Tryumph, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miSharp left onto River Styx, heading NW.
  24. 0.2 miSharp right onto Flameout, heading S.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left onto Wirecutter, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftBear right onto Flameout, heading NW.
  27. 350 ftBear left onto Karpiel, heading S.
  28. 50 ftTurn right onto Flameout, heading S.
  29. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  30. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Playground, heading SW.
  31. 400 ftBear left onto Snake, heading SW.
  32. 0.1 miBear right onto Booster, heading SW.
  33. 0.5 miBear right onto Tryumph, heading NW.
  34. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lookout, heading NW.
  35. 150 ftContinue straight onto Coaster, heading NW.
  36. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lookout, heading NW.
  37. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  38. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  39. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  40. 250 ftTurn left onto Tell No Tales, heading N.
  41. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  42. 0.2 miReach Lookout Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  43. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  44. 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
  45. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  46. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  47. 250 ftContinue straight onto Lookout, heading W.
  48. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Coaster, heading NW.
  49. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lookout, heading SE.
  50. 150 ftTurn left onto Tryumph, heading NE.
  51. 0.2 miBear left onto Booster, heading SE.
  52. 0.5 miBear left onto Snake, heading SE.
  53. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  54. 300 ftContinue straight onto Playground, heading SE.
  55. 0.3 miBear left onto Flameout, heading S.
  56. 50 ftTurn left onto Karpiel, heading S.
  57. 50 ftBear right onto Flameout, heading S.
  58. 350 ftBear left onto Wirecutter, heading SE.
  59. 50 ftTurn right onto Flameout, heading SE.
  60. 0.2 miSharp left onto River Styx, heading E.
  61. 0.2 miSharp right onto Tryumph, heading NE.
  62. 0.1 miBear right onto The Woods, heading E.
  63. 100 ftSharp right onto Knick Knack, heading NE.
  64. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  65. 0.3 miBear right onto Sawmill, heading N.
  66. 400 ftSharp right, heading E.
  67. 2.1 miBear right onto Watson Creek Road, heading S.
  68. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading S.
  69. 0.6 miTurn right onto BP, heading SE.
  70. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading SE.
  71. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fulton Circle, heading SE.
  72. 50 ftTurn right onto Reservoir Run, heading SE.
  73. 450 ftTurn left onto Dollar Creek Shared Use Path, heading SE.
  74. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  75. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  76. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  77. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  78. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  79. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  80. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  81. 150 ftArrive 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/dollar-reservoir-dollar-reservoir-out-back-18-km-41de

Trail surface

81% dirt9% paved5% gravel5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:10 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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