Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
High Meadows Spur Trail–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 3 sights
2 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 46 min
High Meadows Spur Trail–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fountain Place, CA. It is mostly level, with 195 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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High Meadows Spur Trail–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 3 sights
2 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 46 min
Elevation 6,547–6,717 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
- Start on Power Line Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Powerline Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lower Cold Creek Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Powerline Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto High Meadows Spur Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cold Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Power Line Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from High Meadows Trailhead Trailhead
- Powerline Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- High Meadows OHV Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 243 ft
- Cold Creek Trail Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 422 ft
- Lower Cold Creek Trail–Lower Cold Creek, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 334 ft
- High Meadows Road 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,308 ft
- Al Tahoe Connector–Lower Cold Creek Trail, 3 sights 6.6 mi · ▲ 534 ft
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