Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
High Meadows OHV Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 243 ft · 55 min
High Meadows OHV Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fountain Place, CA. It is mostly level, with 243 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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High Meadows OHV Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 243 ft · 55 min
Elevation 6,478–6,642 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: High Meadows Trailhead · 38.89558, -119.94828
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 84°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Power Line Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto High Meadows OHV Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach High Meadows OHV Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Power Line Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miArrive 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from High Meadows Trailhead Trailhead
- High Meadows Spur Trail–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 195 ft
- Powerline Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- Cold Creek Trail Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 422 ft
- Lower Cold Creek Trail–Lower Cold Creek, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 334 ft
- High Meadows Road 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,308 ft
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