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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

High Meadows OHV Trail & Incense Cedar via Powerline Road

2.2 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 50 min

High Meadows OHV Trail & Incense Cedar via Powerline Road is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near South Lake Tahoe, CA. It is mostly level, with 194 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,450 – 6,546 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.89803, -119.95761
Nearest town South Lake Tahoe, CA
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High Meadows OHV Trail & Incense Cedar via Powerline Road

2.2 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 50 min

Elevation 6,451–6,545 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 38.89803, -119.95761

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miContinue straight onto High Meadows OHV Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Powerline Road, heading S.
  4. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Incense Cedar, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftReach High Meadows OHV Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Powerline Road, heading SW.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right onto High Meadows OHV Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.6 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/high-meadows-ohv-trail-incense-cedar-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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