Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
California Tahoe Conservancy Beach–Lake Ridge Trail, 3 sights
8.8 mi · ▲ 1,508 ft · 3 hr 41 min
California Tahoe Conservancy Beach–Lake Ridge Trail, 3 sights is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Bay, CA. The route reaches California Tahoe Conservancy Beach at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It climbs 1,508 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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California Tahoe Conservancy Beach–Lake Ridge Trail, 3 sights
8.8 mi · ▲ 1,508 ft · 3 hr 41 min
Elevation 6,283–6,989 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.23364, -120.07887
Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 71°F / low 47° · precip 2% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 763 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto BP, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Regency Extension, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Lake View Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftReach California Tahoe Conservancy Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Lake Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Regency Extension, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto BP, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn 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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- Transit-accessible: stop 763 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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