Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Lonely Gulch Flume
2.4 mi · ▲ 428 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Lonely Gulch Flume is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Meeks Bay, CA. It climbs 428 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,624 – 7,054 ft · steepest grade: 31%2.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: connector 39.02612, -120.12499
Nearest town Meeks Bay, CA
Directions
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Lonely Gulch Flume
2.4 mi · ▲ 428 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 6,625–7,053 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: connector · 39.02612, -120.12499
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Lonely Gulch Flume, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Lonely Gulch Flume, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 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
82% dirt18% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
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