AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Blackwood Creek Trail

3 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 5 min

Blackwood Creek Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe Pines, CA. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,296 – 6,434 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blackwood Creek Trail 39.10477, -120.19624
Nearest town Tahoe Pines, CA
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Blackwood Creek Trail

3 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 5 min

Elevation 6,295–6,435 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Blackwood Creek Trail · 39.10477, -120.19624

Weather Aug 3: Partly cloudy, high 84°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

  1. Start on Blackwood Creek Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 1 miReach Blackwood Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.6 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-4-km-e8a7

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 84°F48°
Precip0%Wind12 mphUV8Humidity17%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue 85°61°
Wed 85°60°
Thu 88°60°
Fri 88°61°
Sat 88°61°
Sun 89°59°

Hikes near Tahoe Pines, California