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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.

Elevation

0 mi6,477 – 6,641 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: High Meadows Trailhead 38.89558, -119.94828
Nearest town Fountain Place, CA
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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 Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Power Line Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miBear left onto High Meadows OHV Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miReach High Meadows OHV Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Power Line Trail, heading E.
  16. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/high-meadows-ohv-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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