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 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

  1. Start on High Meadows Road, heading E.
  2. 2.4 miReach High Meadows Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 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

ClearTemperature 84°F52°
Precip0%Wind8 mphUV8Humidity23%
Hourly temperature
85°50°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue 85°63°
Wed 86°61°
Thu 91°58°
Fri 90°59°
Sat 91°60°
Sun 91°58°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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