Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
High Meadows Road
4.7 mi · ▲ 1,308 ft · 2 hr 13 min
High Meadows Road is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fountain Place, CA. It climbs 1,308 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi6,621 – 7,848 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: High Meadows Trailhead 38.89558, -119.94828
Nearest town Fountain Place, CA
Directions
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High Meadows Road
4.7 mi · ▲ 1,308 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 6,621–7,849 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
- Start on High Meadows Road, heading E.
- 2.4 miReach High Meadows Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
52% gravel48% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from High Meadows Trailhead Trailhead
- Al Tahoe Connector–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 3 sights 6.6 mi · ▲ 534 ft
- Lower Cold Creek Trail–Lower Cold Creek, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 334 ft
- Star Lake–High Meadows Road, 3 sights 12.9 mi · ▲ 2,586 ft
- Monument Pass & Cold Creek Trail via Tahoe Rim Trail 8.9 mi · ▲ 2,309 ft
- Powerline Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- High Meadows OHV Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 243 ft
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