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.
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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 Aug 3: Clear, high 84°F / low 45° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
- Start on Kingsbury Stinger Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
- 2.4 miTurn right onto Kingsbury Stinger Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Genoa Peak, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Genoa Peak Road, heading N.
- 2.8 miContinue straight onto Genoa Peak, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Genoa Peak Road, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach Kingsbury Stinger Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Genoa Peak, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Genoa Peak Road, heading S.
- 2.8 miContinue straight onto Genoa Peak, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Kingsbury Stinger Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 2.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Kingsbury Stinger Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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