Hidden Beach–Lake Tahoe, 7 sights is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park near Tyrolian Village, NV. The route passes Hidden Beach and Lake Tahoe. It climbs 2,999 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Hidden Beach–Lake Tahoe, 7 sights
12.5 mi · ▲ 2,999 ft · 5 hr 40 min
Elevation 6,299–7,954 ft
Out & Back · Spooner Lake & Backcountry State Park
Trailhead: Tahoe East Shore Trail · 39.23454, -119.93017
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 84°F / low 51° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tahoe East Shore Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Hidden Beach.
- 50 ftPass Lake Tahoe.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Tunnel Creek Road, heading E.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Incline Flume Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Tunnel Creek Road, heading NE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto NFD 041 Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto National Forest Development 042 Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miReach Hidden Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto National Forest Development 041 Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto NFD 041 Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Tunnel Creek Road, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right onto Incline Flume Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Tunnel Creek Road, heading N.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Tahoe East Shore Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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