Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Lam Watah Historic Trail & Zephyr Cove Bike Path (Warrior Way to ZC)
9.8 mi · ▲ 1,274 ft · 3 hr 54 min
Lam Watah Historic Trail & Zephyr Cove Bike Path (Warrior Way to ZC) is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Edgewood, NV. It climbs 1,274 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lam Watah Historic Trail & Zephyr Cove Bike Path (Warrior Way to ZC)
9.8 mi · ▲ 1,274 ft · 3 hr 54 min
Elevation 6,236–6,845 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 38.96645, -119.94719
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 6:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Lam Watah Historic Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Zephyr Cove Bike Path (Warrior Way to ZC), heading W.
- 400 ftReach Lam Watah Historic Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Lam Watah Historic Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:37 PM for the 6:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:15 PM — 10 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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