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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Genoa Peak Road–Genoa Peak, 3 sights

16 mi · ▲ 3,122 ft · 6 hr 54 min

Genoa Peak Road–Genoa Peak, 3 sights is a 16-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingsbury Meadows, NV. It climbs 3,122 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,657 – 8,606 ft · steepest grade: 24%16.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Kingsbury Stinger Trail 38.97962, -119.91874
Nearest town Kingsbury Meadows, NV
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Genoa Peak Road–Genoa Peak, 3 sights

16 mi · ▲ 3,122 ft · 6 hr 54 min

Elevation 6,658–8,606 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Kingsbury Stinger Trail · 38.97962, -119.91874

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

  1. Start on Kingsbury Stinger Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
  4. 2.4 miTurn right onto Kingsbury Stinger Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miSharp left onto Genoa Peak, heading E.
  6. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Genoa Peak Road, heading N.
  7. 2.8 miContinue straight onto Genoa Peak, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Genoa Peak Road, heading N.
  9. 0.7 miReach Kingsbury Stinger Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Genoa Peak, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Genoa Peak Road, heading S.
  12. 2.8 miContinue straight onto Genoa Peak, heading S.
  13. 0.5 miSharp right onto Kingsbury Stinger Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
  15. 2.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 0.7 miTurn right onto Kingsbury Stinger Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/genoa-peak-road-genoa-peak-road-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:42 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:02 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:28 PM.

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