Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Lake Tahoe–California Tahoe Conservancy Beach, 4 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 388 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Lake Tahoe–California Tahoe Conservancy Beach, 4 sights is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe Estates, CA. The route passes California Tahoe Conservancy Beach and Lake Tahoe before reaching California Tahoe Conservancy Beach at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 388 ft. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Tahoe–California Tahoe Conservancy Beach, 4 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 388 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Elevation 6,229–6,535 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Manzanita Trail · 39.24605, -120.05565
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 83°F / low 45° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Manzanita Trail, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tree Frog Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Lake View Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 500 ftPass California Tahoe Conservancy Beach.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftPass California Tahoe Conservancy Beach.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftReach Lake Tahoe, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Tree Frog Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Manzanita Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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