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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Lake Tahoe–Olympic Valley Bike Trail, 4 sights

14.9 mi · ▲ 912 ft · 5 hr 25 min

Lake Tahoe–Olympic Valley Bike Trail, 4 sights is a 14.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe City, CA. The route reaches Lake Tahoe. It climbs 912 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,152 – 6,611 ft16.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.16633, -120.14463
Nearest town Tahoe City, CA
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Lake Tahoe–Olympic Valley Bike Trail, 4 sights

14.9 mi · ▲ 912 ft · 5 hr 25 min

Elevation 6,152–6,612 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.16633, -120.14463

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Lake Tahoe.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 150 ftTurn left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NW.
  6. 2.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  7. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right onto Fir Crags Road, heading W.
  11. 250 ftTurn left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  15. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Western States Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Olympic Valley-Western States Connector, heading NW.
  17. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading E.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto Olympic Valley-Western States Connector, heading E.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading E.
  20. 1.6 miReach Lake Tahoe, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 1.6 miBear right onto Olympic Valley-Western States Connector, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Olympic Valley Bike Trail, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Olympic Valley-Western States Connector, heading SE.
  24. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Western States Trail, heading SE.
  25. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading SE.
  26. 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
  27. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  28. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  29. 0.4 miTurn right onto Fir Crags Road, heading S.
  30. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  31. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  33. 150 ftTurn right onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading SE.
  34. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
  35. 2.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  36. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  37. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  38. 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/granlibakken-wilderness-trail-olympic-valley-western-states-connector-out-back-3-sights-21-km-9c99

Trail surface

74% paved24% dirt1% boardwalk1% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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