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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Lake Vista Road

2.9 mi · ▲ 419 ft · 1 hr 11 min

Lake Vista Road is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 419 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,447 – 6,880 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Beaver Tail Trail 39.24874, -120.02815
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA
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Lake Vista Road

2.9 mi · ▲ 419 ft · 1 hr 11 min

Elevation 6,446–6,881 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Beaver Tail Trail · 39.24874, -120.02815

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  7. 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  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-vista-road-out-back-5-km-f62a

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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