Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Kingsbury Stinger Trail & Lower Stinger
16 mi · ▲ 2,733 ft · 6 hr 42 min
Kingsbury Stinger Trail & Lower Stinger is a 16-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Skyland, NV. It climbs 2,733 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Kingsbury Stinger Trail & Lower Stinger
16 mi · ▲ 2,733 ft · 6 hr 42 min
Elevation 6,294–7,960 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Fire Road · 39.02110, -119.94489
Weather Sep 22: Mostly clear, high 71°F / low 45° · precip 3% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 6:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lower Stinger, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Kingsbury Stinger Trail, heading E.
- 2.5 miBear left onto Stinger to TRT Connector, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Kingsbury Stinger Trail, heading E.
- 1 miReach Lower Stinger, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear left onto Stinger to TRT Connector, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Kingsbury Stinger Trail, heading W.
- 2.5 miTurn right onto Lower Stinger, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.3 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.9 mi in (~122 min). Leave by 4:36 PM for the 6:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Kingsbury Stinger Trail
- 4.4 mi · loop · via Kingsbury Stinger Trail
- 4.6 mi · out & back · via Kingsbury Stinger Trail
- 4.9 mi · out & back · via Kingsbury Stinger Trail
- 6.3 mi · loop · via Kingsbury Stinger Trail
- 6.5 mi · loop · via Kingsbury Stinger Trail
- 6.6 mi · loop · via Kingsbury Stinger Trail
- 6.6 mi · loop · via Kingsbury Stinger Trail
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