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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Village Run, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Mineshaft, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Liftline, heading S.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Bill-E-Goat, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Liftline, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mineshaft, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Easy Rider, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Village Run, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mineshaft, heading SW.
- 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 E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 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 S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Sawmill, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Hemlock, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto BP, heading E.
- 450 ftReach Liftline, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Sawmill Flat, heading SW.
- 1.2 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.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Pho Dogg, heading N.
- 200 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.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mineshaft, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Liftline, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Bill-E-Goat, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Liftline, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mineshaft, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Village Run, heading N.
- 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.
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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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