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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Little Round Top Trail via Pacific Crest Trail

12.2 mi · ▲ 2,294 ft · 5 hr 13 min

Little Round Top Trail via Pacific Crest Trail is a 12.2-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Nebelhorn, CA. It climbs 2,294 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,386 – 9,023 ft · steepest grade: 23%12.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pony Express Connector Trail 38.81470, -120.03404
Nearest town Nebelhorn, CA
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Little Round Top Trail via Pacific Crest Trail

12.2 mi · ▲ 2,294 ft · 5 hr 13 min

Elevation 7,387–9,022 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Pony Express Connector Trail · 38.81470, -120.03404

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pony Express Connector Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Echo Summit Trailhead Access Spur, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading S.
  5. 3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 2.1 miTurn right onto Little Round Top Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miReach Little Round Top Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading E.
  9. 2 miBear left, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  11. 2.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miBear right onto Echo Summit Trailhead Access Spur, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pony Express Connector Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/little-round-top-trail-out-back

Trail surface

16% dirt84% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.8 mi in (~134 min). Leave by 4:28 PM for the 7:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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