AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Gunmount Trail & Mule Deer Trail via Sawmill Bike Path

12.3 mi · ▲ 810 ft · 4 hr 30 min

Gunmount Trail & Mule Deer Trail via Sawmill Bike Path is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Meyers, CA. It climbs 810 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,267 – 6,660 ft13.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sawmill Bike Path 38.87472, -120.01851
Nearest town Meyers, CA
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Gunmount Trail & Mule Deer Trail via Sawmill Bike Path

12.3 mi · ▲ 810 ft · 4 hr 30 min

Elevation 6,265–6,660 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Sawmill Bike Path · 38.87472, -120.01851

Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 86°F / low 43° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sawmill Bike Path, heading E.
  2. 1 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  10. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  14. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miBear left onto Mule Deer Trail, heading NW.
  18. 0.7 miSharp right onto Gunmount North Road, heading E.
  19. 1.3 miReach Mule Deer Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 1.3 miSharp left onto Mule Deer Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
  22. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  24. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  25. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  26. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  27. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  28. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  29. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  30. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  31. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  33. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  34. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  35. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  36. 400 ftTurn left onto Sawmill Bike Path, heading NE.
  37. 0.8 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/lake-baron-out-back-16-km-af25

Trail surface

64% dirt17% paved19% unspecified

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 86°F43°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV9Humidity26%
Hourly temperature
90°40°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Tue 87°58°
Wed 87°58°
Thu 90°63°
Fri 89°64°
Sat 90°65°
Sun 90°63°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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