Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Lake Vista Road

8.7 mi · ▲ 1,469 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Lake Vista Road is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Tahoe Marina Estates, CA. It climbs 1,469 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,523 – 7,149 ft9.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24231, -120.07537
Nearest town Tahoe Marina Estates, CA

Directions

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Lake Vista Road

8.7 mi · ▲ 1,469 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Elevation 6,524–7,150 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.24231, -120.07537

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Regency Extension, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  12. 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading E.
  13. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  14. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  15. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  17. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  18. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  20. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  22. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  23. 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  25. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  26. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  27. 0.1 miTurn right onto Regency Extension, heading S.
  28. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  29. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  30. 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 surface

93% dirt7% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

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