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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Lonely Gulch Flume

4.6 mi · ▲ 406 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Lonely Gulch Flume is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Meeks Bay, CA. It climbs 406 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,670 – 7,090 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sweetwater Drive 39.02877, -120.12512
Nearest town Meeks Bay, CA
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Lonely Gulch Flume

4.6 mi · ▲ 406 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 6,671–7,089 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Sweetwater Drive · 39.02877, -120.12512

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 1.1 miSharp left onto Lonely Gulch Flume, heading E.
  3. 1.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  4. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftReach Lonely Gulch Flume, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  7. 1.1 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-9-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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