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Granlibakken Wilderness Trail–Truckee River Bike Trail, 3 sights is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Comstock Acres, CA. It climbs 367 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,116 – 6,421 ft12.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Granlibakken Wilderness Trail 39.15798, -120.15484
Nearest town Comstock Acres, CA

Directions

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Granlibakken Wilderness Trail–Truckee River Bike Trail, 3 sights

11.6 mi · ▲ 367 ft · 4 hr 3 min

Elevation 6,116–6,423 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Granlibakken Wilderness Trail · 39.15798, -120.15484

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading NE.
  2. 450 ftContinue straight onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 150 ftTurn left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading NW.
  5. 2.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  6. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right onto Fir Crags Road, heading NW.
  10. 250 ftTurn left onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  14. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Western States, heading N.
  15. 100 ftContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.6 miReach Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  18. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Western States, heading S.
  19. 100 ftContinue straight onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  21. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  22. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  23. 0.4 miTurn right onto Fir Crags Road, heading SW.
  24. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  25. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  27. 150 ftTurn right onto Truckee River Bike Trail, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  29. 2.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  30. 150 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading E.
  31. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Granlibakken Wilderness Trail, heading SW.
  32. 50 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

80% paved19% dirt1% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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