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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Regency Extension, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
  11. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  13. 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading E.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  16. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  17. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  19. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  20. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  21. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  22. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  23. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  24. 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  26. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  27. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right onto Regency Extension, heading S.
  29. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  30. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  31. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  32. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

89% dirt6% gravel5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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