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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Armstrong Connector Trail–High Meadows OHV Trail, 5 sights

12 mi · ▲ 1,670 ft · 4 hr 50 min

Armstrong Connector Trail–High Meadows OHV Trail, 5 sights is a 12-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near South Lake Tahoe, CA. It climbs 1,670 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,398 – 7,681 ft12.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lower Cold Creek 38.90246, -119.95681
Nearest town South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Armstrong Connector Trail–High Meadows OHV Trail, 5 sights

12 mi · ▲ 1,670 ft · 4 hr 50 min

Elevation 6,399–7,681 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Lower Cold Creek · 38.90246, -119.95681

Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 85°F / low 41° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

  1. Start on Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading E.
  2. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto High Meadows OHV Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Powerline Road, heading SW.
  8. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Incense Cedar, heading SW.
  9. 1.9 miTurn right onto Corral Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sierra Sidewinder, heading SW.
  11. 100 ftBear right onto Corral Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.6 miBear right onto Sierra Sidewinder, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Corral Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.6 miSharp left onto Armstrong Connector Trail, heading N.
  15. 1.3 miReach Lower Cold Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 1.9 miTurn right onto Sierra Sidewinder, heading S.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Corral Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.6 miBear left onto Sierra Sidewinder, heading S.
  19. 100 ftContinue straight onto Corral Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left onto Incense Cedar, heading N.
  21. 1.9 miContinue straight onto Powerline Road, heading SE.
  22. 0.5 miTurn right onto High Meadows OHV Trail, heading NE.
  23. 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  26. 0.1 miTurn left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/freel-pass-out-back-25-km-57d1

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 85°F41°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity22%
Hourly temperature
85°40°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue 88°57°
Wed 88°57°
Thu 92°59°
Fri 91°61°
Sat 92°61°
Sun 92°59°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.5 mi in (~173 min). Leave by 4:58 PM for the 8:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:44 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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