Dollar Reservoir–Easy Rider, 7 sights is a 15-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. The route reaches Dollar Reservoir at the turnaround, 7.5 miles in. It climbs 2,817 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Dollar Reservoir–Easy Rider, 7 sights
15 mi · ▲ 2,817 ft · 6 hr 25 min
Elevation 6,371–7,358 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Easy Rider · 39.27530, -120.12237
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 87°F / low 55° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
Transit-accessible: 4 stop 120 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Easy Rider, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right onto Village Run, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mineshaft, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Pho Dogg, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Sticks & Stones, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pho Dogg, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right onto River Styx, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto The Woods, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Knick Knack, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Sawmill, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Hemlock, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Watson Creek East Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Watson Creek Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Sawmill Flat, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Watson Creek Road, heading SW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Cedar Flat Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftReach Dollar Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Watson Creek Road, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Sawmill Flat, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Watson Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Watson Creek East Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Hemlock, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Sawmill, heading N.
- 400 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Knick Knack, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto The Woods, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right onto River Styx, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Pho Dogg, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Sticks & Stones, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Pho Dogg, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Mineshaft, heading W.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Village Run, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Easy Rider, heading W.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 4 stop 120 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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