Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Pickupsticks–Service Road 301, 4 sights
8.7 mi · ▲ 1,022 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Pickupsticks–Service Road 301, 4 sights is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kingswood Estates, CA. It climbs 1,022 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Pickupsticks–Service Road 301, 4 sights
8.7 mi · ▲ 1,022 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Elevation 6,252–7,168 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.28491, -120.10658
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 160 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Service Road 301, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Service Road 302, heading W.
- 2.6 miTurn left onto Hanes Flat, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Watson Creek East Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Pickupsticks, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Service Road 301, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Watson Creek East Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Hanes Flat, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Sawmill Flat, heading W.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Service Road 302, heading N.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Service Road 301, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Transit-accessible: stop 160 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Service Road 301 & Service Road 302 4.6 mi · ▲ 824 ft
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- Sawmill–Service Road 301, 4 sights 6.7 mi · ▲ 1,251 ft
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