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Hidden Beach–Lake Tahoe, 3 beaches is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Tyrolian Village, NV. The route passes Incline Beach, Lake Tahoe and Hidden Beach before reaching Hidden Beach at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 428 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,240 – 6,450 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24470, -119.94339
Nearest town Tyrolian Village, NV

Directions

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Hidden Beach–Lake Tahoe, 3 beaches

4.7 mi · ▲ 428 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Elevation 6,241–6,451 ft

Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park

Trailhead: 39.24470, -119.94339

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 100 ftSharp left, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  7. 500 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 150 ftPass Incline Beach.
  9. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 0.9 miPass Lake Tahoe.
  12. 200 ftBear right onto Tahoe East Shore Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.5 miPass Hidden Beach.
  14. 100 ftSharp left, heading S.
  15. 150 ftTurn right onto Tunnel Creek Road, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  17. 50 ftReach Hidden Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  20. 150 ftSharp right onto Tahoe East Shore Trail, heading SE.
  21. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  22. 1 miTurn right, heading W.
  23. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  24. 300 ftBear left, heading NW.
  25. 500 ftBear left, heading W.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  27. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  28. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  29. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  30. 100 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

62% paved35% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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