Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
High Meadows Road
6.5 mi · ▲ 1,560 ft · 2 hr 57 min
High Meadows Road is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near South Lake Tahoe, CA. It climbs 1,560 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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High Meadows Road
6.5 mi · ▲ 1,560 ft · 2 hr 57 min
Elevation 6,327–7,849 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Powerline Road · 38.89643, -119.96483
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 85°F / low 41° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Cold Creek Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Cold Creek Connector, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto High Meadows Road, heading E.
- 1.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Cold Creek Connector, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Cold Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Power Line Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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More from Powerline Road Trailhead
- Cold Creek Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 336 ft
- Cold Creek Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 312 ft
- High Meadows Road 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,503 ft
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