Eagle Rock–Lake Tahoe, 5 sights is an 11-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Idlewild, CA. The route passes Lake Tahoe before reaching Eagle Rock at the turnaround, 5.5 miles in. It climbs 1,804 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,234 – 7,159 ft · steepest grade: 18%11.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.11500, -120.16518
Nearest town Idlewild, CA
Directions
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Eagle Rock–Lake Tahoe, 5 sights
11 mi · ▲ 1,804 ft · 4 hr 34 min
Elevation 6,234–7,158 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.11500, -120.16518
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 83°F / low 47° · precip 0% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Kaspian Rim Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Stanford Rock Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Ward Creek Trail, heading W.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Ward Creek Park, heading SE.
- 0.3 miPass Lake Tahoe.
- 1.5 miSharp right onto Eagle Rock Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Eagle Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Ward Creek Park, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ward Creek Trail, heading N.
- 1 miBear right onto Stanford Rock Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Kaspian Rim Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
67% dirt26% paved7% unspecified
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 83°F47°
Precip0%Wind12 mphUV8Humidity19%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue
84°60°
Wed
84°57°
Thu
80°57°
Fri
80°58°
Sat
81°58°
Sun
81°57°
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Stanford Rock Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 984 ft
- Kaspian Rim Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,072 ft
- Stanford Rock Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,269 ft
- Stanford Rock Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 1,327 ft
- Timberland/ Stanford Rock Connector & Ward Creek Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 1,467 ft
- Stanford Rock–Kaspian Rim Trail, 3 sights 8.4 mi · ▲ 1,938 ft
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