Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Brockway Spring–California Tahoe Conservancy Beach, 4 sights
9.8 mi · ▲ 1,511 ft · 4 hr 1 min
Brockway Spring–California Tahoe Conservancy Beach, 4 sights is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe Vista, CA. The route passes California Tahoe Conservancy Beach before reaching Brockway Spring at the turnaround, 4.9 miles in. It climbs 1,511 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Brockway Spring–California Tahoe Conservancy Beach, 4 sights
9.8 mi · ▲ 1,511 ft · 4 hr 1 min
Elevation 6,259–7,163 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.24140, -120.04900
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 84°F / low 45° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 176 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass California Tahoe Conservancy Beach.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto North Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Beaver Street Extension, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Beaver Street Extension, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Brockway Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Beaver Street Extension, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto North Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: stop 176 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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