Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Lake Vista Road
9.1 mi · ▲ 1,552 ft · 3 hr 49 min
Lake Vista Road is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Bay, CA. It climbs 1,552 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,437 – 7,149 ft9.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.23996, -120.07649
Nearest town Carnelian Bay, CA
Directions
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Lake Vista Road
9.1 mi · ▲ 1,552 ft · 3 hr 49 min
Elevation 6,438–7,150 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.23996, -120.07649
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Regency Extension, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Regency Extension, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 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
89% dirt6% gravel5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Lake Vista Road
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Lake Vista Road
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- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Lake Vista Road
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Lake Vista Road
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Lake Vista Road
- 3.4 mi · out & back · via Lake Vista Road
- 3.4 mi · out & back · via Lake Vista Road
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