Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Lake Vista Road

10.3 mi · ▲ 1,690 ft · 4 hr 17 min

Lake Vista Road is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Carnelian Bay, CA. It climbs 1,690 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,437 – 6,989 ft10.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.23996, -120.07649
Nearest town Carnelian Bay, CA

Directions

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Lake Vista Road

10.3 mi · ▲ 1,690 ft · 4 hr 17 min

Elevation 6,438–6,989 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 miSharp right, heading NE.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  18. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
  22. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  23. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  24. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  25. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  26. 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  27. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  28. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  29. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  30. 0.1 miTurn right onto Regency Extension, heading W.
  31. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  32. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  33. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  34. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

90% dirt5% gravel5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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