Lake Cushing & Western States Trail via Truckee River Bike Trail is a 15.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Comstock Acres, CA. The route reaches Lake Cushing at the turnaround, 7.7 miles in. It climbs 1,568 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,152 – 6,870 ft · steepest grade: 22%16.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.15750, -120.14643
Nearest town Comstock Acres, CA
Directions
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Lake Cushing & Western States Trail via Truckee River Bike Trail
15.4 mi · ▲ 1,568 ft · 5 hr 55 min
Elevation 6,152–6,872 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.15750, -120.14643
Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 84°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading W.
- 2.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Fir Crags Road, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Western States Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto World Cup Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miPass Lake Cushing.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftReach Lake Cushing, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Western States Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Fir Crags Road, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 2.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 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
57% paved23% dirt1% gravel1% boardwalk18% unspecified
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 84°F48°
Precip0%Wind12 mphUV8Humidity19%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue
85°61°
Wed
84°56°
Thu
81°55°
Fri
81°56°
Sat
81°57°
Sun
82°55°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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