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BP–Easy Rider, 8 sights is an 11.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 2,101 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,303 – 7,290 ft · steepest grade: 19%12.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Nature Trail 39.27479, -120.11926
Nearest town Kingswood Estates, CA

Directions

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BP–Easy Rider, 8 sights

11.5 mi · ▲ 2,101 ft · 4 hr 53 min

Elevation 6,303–7,291 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Nature Trail · 39.27479, -120.11926

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

Transit-accessible: 4 stop 209 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Village Run, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miBear right onto Mineshaft, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Liftline, heading S.
  6. 300 ftContinue straight onto Bill-E-Goat, heading S.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Liftline, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mineshaft, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Easy Rider, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Village Run, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mineshaft, heading SW.
  12. 350 ftSharp left onto Pho Dogg, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miBear right onto Sticks & Stones, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pho Dogg, heading E.
  15. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 250 ftTurn right onto River Styx, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  18. 450 ftTurn right onto The Woods, heading SE.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left onto Knick Knack, heading E.
  20. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  21. 0.3 miBear right onto Sawmill, heading S.
  22. 400 ftTurn right onto Hemlock, heading E.
  23. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  24. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  25. 1.2 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading S.
  26. 0.7 miSharp right, heading E.
  27. 1.4 miTurn right onto BP, heading E.
  28. 450 ftReach Liftline, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  29. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  30. 1.4 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  31. 0.7 miTurn right onto Sawmill Flat, heading SW.
  32. 1.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  33. 150 ftTurn left onto Hemlock, heading N.
  34. 350 ftTurn left onto Sawmill, heading N.
  35. 400 ftBear left, heading N.
  36. 0.3 miBear right onto Knick Knack, heading N.
  37. 0.3 miTurn right onto The Woods, heading SW.
  38. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  39. 450 ftBear right onto River Styx, heading N.
  40. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  41. 300 ftTurn right onto Pho Dogg, heading N.
  42. 200 ftContinue straight onto Sticks & Stones, heading N.
  43. 0.2 miBear left onto Pho Dogg, heading N.
  44. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  45. 150 ftContinue straight onto Mineshaft, heading W.
  46. 200 ftContinue straight onto Village Run, heading W.
  47. 50 ftTurn left onto Easy Rider, heading W.
  48. 50 ftTurn right onto Mineshaft, heading W.
  49. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Liftline, heading W.
  50. 0.1 miBear right onto Bill-E-Goat, heading N.
  51. 50 ftContinue straight onto Liftline, heading N.
  52. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  53. 50 ftBear right onto Mineshaft, heading N.
  54. 50 ftBear left onto Village Run, heading N.
  55. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

91% dirt2% gravel7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 4 stop 209 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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