Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Lake Ridge Trail & Sawmill Flat via Tahoe Rim Trail
13.3 mi · ▲ 2,265 ft · 5 hr 34 min
Lake Ridge Trail & Sawmill Flat via Tahoe Rim Trail is a 13.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe Estates, CA. It climbs 2,265 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Lake Ridge Trail & Sawmill Flat via Tahoe Rim Trail
13.3 mi · ▲ 2,265 ft · 5 hr 34 min
Elevation 6,451–7,556 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 left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 3.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Sawmill Flat, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Watson Creek Road, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto BP, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Lake Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto BP, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Sawmill Flat, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Watson Creek Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Sawmill Flat, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Hanes Flat, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
- 3.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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