Lake Tahoe & Lighthouse Trail via Rubicon Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 558 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Lake Tahoe & Lighthouse Trail via Rubicon Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in D.L. Bliss State Park near Emerald Bay, CA. The route reaches Lake Tahoe. It climbs 558 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,477 – 6,785 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lighthouse Trail 38.98892, -120.09879
Nearest town Emerald Bay, CA
Directions
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Lake Tahoe & Lighthouse Trail via Rubicon Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 558 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 6,477–6,787 ft
Out & Back · D.L. Bliss State Park
Trailhead: Lighthouse Trail · 38.98892, -120.09879
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Rubicon Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lighthouse Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Lake Tahoe.
- 1 miReach Lake Tahoe, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Rubicon Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
39% dirt61% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
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- 9.5 mi · out & back · via West Shore Trail
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