Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Forest Mountain Road

3.3 mi · ▲ 837 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Forest Mountain Road is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tallac Village, CA. It climbs 837 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,355 – 7,008 ft · steepest grade: 29%3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.89595, -120.03865
Nearest town Tallac Village, CA

Directions

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Forest Mountain Road

3.3 mi · ▲ 837 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Elevation 6,354–7,010 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 38.89595, -120.03865

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Forest Mountain Road, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 200 ftBear left, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  10. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftSharp left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  19. 350 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  22. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  23. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  26. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

57% dirt43% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:05 AMSunset 8:09 PM

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