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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Grass Lake Spur–Grass Lake Trail, 6 sights

14.7 mi · ▲ 1,530 ft · 5 hr 40 min

Grass Lake Spur–Grass Lake Trail, 6 sights is a 14.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Sorensens, CA. It climbs 1,530 ft. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,090 – 8,032 ft15.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.77163, -119.93470
Nearest town Sorensens, CA
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Grass Lake Spur–Grass Lake Trail, 6 sights

14.7 mi · ▲ 1,530 ft · 5 hr 40 min

Elevation 7,089–8,030 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 38.77163, -119.93470

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Horseshoe Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Scotts Lake Road, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miSharp right onto Scotts Lake Luther Connector, heading W.
  6. 1.6 miSharp left onto Grass Lake Trail, heading N.
  7. 2.2 miSharp right onto Grass Lake, heading NW.
  8. 0.9 miReach Scotts Lake Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.9 miSharp left onto Grass Lake Trail, heading S.
  10. 2.2 miSharp right onto Scotts Lake Luther Connector, heading SE.
  11. 1.6 miSharp left onto Scotts Lake Road, heading SW.
  12. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Horseshoe Road, heading NE.
  13. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Scotts Lake Road, heading S.
  14. 1.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  15. 0.5 miArrive 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/grass-lake-spur-grass-lake-trail-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

59% dirt41% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:09 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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