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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

High Meadows Spur Trail–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 5 sights

8.7 mi · ▲ 798 ft · 3 hr 18 min

High Meadows Spur Trail–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 5 sights is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Bijou Park, CA. It climbs 798 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,296 – 6,716 ft9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Powerline Trail 38.93309, -119.94969
Nearest town Bijou Park, CA
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High Meadows Spur Trail–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 5 sights

8.7 mi · ▲ 798 ft · 3 hr 18 min

Elevation 6,296–6,717 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Powerline Trail · 38.93309, -119.94969

Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 83°F / low 41° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

  1. Start on Powerline Trail, heading SW.
  2. 250 ftBear right onto Powerline Alternate, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.9 miBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.8 miSharp right, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.9 miSharp right onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  10. 0.7 miReach Powerline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  13. 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  18. 250 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftSharp right onto Cold Creek Trail, heading E.
  20. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto High Meadows Spur Trail, heading NE.
  22. 0.5 miTurn right onto Powerline Trail, heading W.
  23. 2.3 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-spur-trail-lower-cold-creek-trail-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

91% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 83°F41°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV8Humidity23%
Hourly temperature
85°40°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue 85°60°
Wed 87°57°
Thu 92°58°
Fri 91°60°
Sat 91°61°
Sun 92°58°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:47 PM for the 8:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:29 PM — 11 min before dark.

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