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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Jackpine/Old State Park Road Connector via Mount Watson Boulevard

12.6 mi · ▲ 2,365 ft · 5 hr 23 min

Jackpine/Old State Park Road Connector via Mount Watson Boulevard is a 12.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Comstock Acres, CA. It climbs 2,365 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,313 – 7,425 ft · steepest grade: 16%12.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain) 39.16913, -120.14884
Nearest town Comstock Acres, CA
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Jackpine/Old State Park Road Connector via Mount Watson Boulevard

12.6 mi · ▲ 2,365 ft · 5 hr 23 min

Elevation 6,313–7,426 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain) · 39.16913, -120.14884

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start on Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain), heading NW.
  2. 0.7 miBear right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading W.
  3. 3.7 miSharp right onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Jackpine/Old State Park Road Connector, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miReach Jackpine/Old State Park Road Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mount Watson Access Road, heading SW.
  10. 0.6 miSharp left onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading NW.
  11. 3.7 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain), heading E.
  12. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lake-tahoe-out-back-22-km-a1b2

Trail surface

99% dirt1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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