Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Lake Vista Road

6.3 mi · ▲ 753 ft · 2 hr 29 min

Lake Vista Road is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Wood Vista, CA. It climbs 753 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,401 – 6,880 ft6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24910, -120.03002
Nearest town Wood Vista, CA

Directions

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Lake Vista Road

6.3 mi · ▲ 753 ft · 2 hr 29 min

Elevation 6,403–6,881 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: 39.24910, -120.03002

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  9. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  18. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  20. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  21. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  22. 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
  23. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  26. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  28. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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