Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Gunmount North Road–Mule Deer Trail, 3 sights

11.5 mi · ▲ 1,062 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Gunmount North Road–Mule Deer Trail, 3 sights is an 11.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Camp Richardson, CA. It climbs 1,062 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,247 – 6,660 ft12.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 15th Street Bike 38.93428, -120.04013
Nearest town Camp Richardson, CA

Directions

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Gunmount North Road–Mule Deer Trail, 3 sights

11.5 mi · ▲ 1,062 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Elevation 6,245–6,660 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 15th Street Bike · 38.93428, -120.04013

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on 15th Street Bike, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.7 miBear left onto Sand Harbor, heading S.
  4. 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 400 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  6. 1.2 miBear right onto Lake Tahoe Boulevard Bike Path, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 300 ftSharp right, heading W.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  17. 0.3 miBear left onto Mule Deer Trail, heading W.
  18. 0.7 miBear left onto Gunmount North Road, heading SW.
  19. 250 ftReach Sand Harbor, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 250 ftBear right onto Mule Deer Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  22. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  25. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  26. 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
  27. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  30. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  31. 200 ftTurn left onto Lake Tahoe Boulevard Bike Path, heading N.
  32. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  33. 1.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  34. 400 ftTurn right onto Panther, heading NW.
  35. 0.3 miBear left onto Sand Harbor, heading NW.
  36. 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  37. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  38. 0.2 miContinue straight onto 15th Street Bike, heading N.
  39. 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 surface

76% dirt11% paved13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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