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.
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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 Aug 3: Clear, high 84°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 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.
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- Bikes allowed on the whole route
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