Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Lake Ridge Trail via Kings Beach Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 805 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Lake Ridge Trail via Kings Beach Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe Estates, CA. It climbs 805 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Ridge Trail via Kings Beach Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 805 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Elevation 6,451–7,156 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.24953, -120.05239
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 83°F / low 45° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Lake Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Kings Beach Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Griff Creek Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Lake Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Kings Beach Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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