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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

High Meadows OHV Trail–Incense Cedar, 5 sights

9.6 mi · ▲ 1,161 ft · 3 hr 47 min

High Meadows OHV Trail–Incense Cedar, 5 sights is a 9.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fountain Place, CA. It climbs 1,161 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,296 – 7,051 ft · steepest grade: 15%10.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Armstrong Connector Trail 38.86677, -119.95640
Nearest town Fountain Place, CA
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High Meadows OHV Trail–Incense Cedar, 5 sights

9.6 mi · ▲ 1,161 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Elevation 6,296–7,052 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Armstrong Connector Trail · 38.86677, -119.95640

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 82°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Corral Trail, heading W.
  2. 450 ftTurn right onto Sierra Sidewinder, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Corral Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.6 miBear left onto Sierra Sidewinder, heading NE.
  5. 100 ftContinue straight onto Corral Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left onto Incense Cedar, heading NE.
  7. 1.9 miContinue straight onto Powerline Road, heading NW.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right onto High Meadows OHV Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.7 miReach Sierra Sidewinder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
  16. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto High Meadows OHV Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.4 miTurn left onto Powerline Road, heading S.
  20. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Incense Cedar, heading W.
  21. 1.9 miTurn right onto Corral Trail, heading SE.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sierra Sidewinder, heading SE.
  23. 100 ftBear right onto Corral Trail, heading SE.
  24. 0.6 miBear right onto Sierra Sidewinder, heading SE.
  25. 50 ftTurn left onto Corral Trail, heading SE.
  26. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/high-meadows-ohv-trail-incense-cedar-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

ClearTemperature 82°F52°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV9Humidity22%
Hourly temperature
85°50°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue 82°62°
Wed 83°61°
Thu 87°60°
Fri 86°61°
Sat 87°62°
Sun 87°60°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.6 mi in (~117 min). Leave by 5:53 PM for the 8:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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