Gunmount Trail–Mule Deer Connector, 3 sights is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Fallen Leaf, CA. It climbs 1,205 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,365 – 7,326 ft9.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Angora Lake Trail 38.87162, -120.06327
Nearest town Fallen Leaf, CA
Directions
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Gunmount Trail–Mule Deer Connector, 3 sights
8.9 mi · ▲ 1,205 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Elevation 6,363–7,325 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: Angora Lake Trail · 38.87162, -120.06327
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 83°F / low 46° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Angora Lake Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Angora Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Mule Deer Connector, heading N.
- 1.4 miSharp right onto Mule Deer Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Gunmount North Road, heading E.
- 1.3 miReach Mule Deer Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Mule Deer Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Mule Deer Connector, heading NE.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Angora Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miSharp left onto Angora Lake Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
ClearTemperature 83°F46°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV9Humidity21%
Hourly temperature
85°45°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Tue
83°58°
Wed
83°59°
Thu
85°59°
Fri
85°60°
Sat
85°60°
Sun
86°59°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Angora Lake Trail Trailhead
- Upper Angora Lake–Lower Angora Lake, 3 lakes 1.3 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- Angora Ridge Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 227 ft
- Lily Lake & Lily Lake Trail via Tamarack Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 763 ft
- Gunmount North Road–Mule Deer Connector, 3 sights 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,023 ft
- Mule Deer Connector–Truckee Marsh Loop, 3 sights 13.6 mi · ▲ 1,579 ft
- Echo Pass viewpoint–Lily Lake, 6 lakes 14.2 mi · ▲ 3,363 ft
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