Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

High Meadows Road

5.8 mi · ▲ 1,351 ft · 2 hr 37 min

High Meadows Road is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near South Lake Tahoe, CA. It climbs 1,351 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,546 – 7,848 ft · steepest grade: 18%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.89803, -119.95761
Nearest town South Lake Tahoe, CA

Directions

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High Meadows Road

5.8 mi · ▲ 1,351 ft · 2 hr 37 min

Elevation 6,544–7,849 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 38.89803, -119.95761

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 150 ftSharp left, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 250 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading E.
  7. 50 ftSharp right onto Cold Creek Trail, heading NE.
  8. 1.2 miTurn right onto Cold Creek Connector, heading E.
  9. 250 ftTurn left onto High Meadows Road, heading NE.
  10. 1.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 1.2 miTurn right onto Cold Creek Connector, heading NW.
  12. 250 ftTurn left onto Cold Creek Trail, heading NW.
  13. 1.1 miSharp left onto Power Line Trail, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  15. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

58% dirt42% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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